shag
adjective/ʃæɡ/
/ʃæɡ/
[only before noun]- used to describe a carpet, etc., usually made of wool, that has long threadsOxford Collocations DictionaryShag is used with these nouns:
- carpet
Word Originadjective late Old English sceacga ‘rough matted hair’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skegg ‘beard’.Definitions on the go
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