fag1
n.
- informal a tiring or unwelcome task.
- a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil.
v.
(fags, fagging, fagged)
- informal work hard.
- (of a public-school pupil) act as a fag.
-
[as adj. fagged out]
informal, chiefly Brit. exhausted.
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin; cf. flag4.
fag2
n.
N. Amer. informal, derogatory a male homosexual.
Derivative
Etymology
1920s: short for faggot (in sense 3).
fag3
n.
Brit. informal a cigarette.
Etymology
C19: elliptically from fag end.