noun
fag
FAG
noun
1
British informal: a cigarette.
"He stepped outside for a quick fag."
2
A tiresome or exhausting task.
"Moving house is such a fag."
verb
1
British: to tire someone out with hard or tedious work.
"All that walking really fagged me out."
How to Use Fag
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishIn British slang, either a cigarette or an exhausting, tedious chore.
When to use it
Also used in the US as a slur for a gay man — highly offensive in that sense and best avoided entirely; the cigarette/chore senses are British informal only.
Word Forms
fagged past tense, fags plural, fags plural, fags plural, fags singular
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Etymology
Probably from "fag end," meaning a leftover scrap or remnant.