From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfagfag /fæɡ/ noun [countable] 1 British English informalDFF a cigarette2 American English taboo informalHOMOSEXUAL a very offensive word for a homosexual man. Do not use this word.3 → be a fag4 SESa young student in some British public schools who has to do jobs for an older student
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fag• Here and there you see a black-bereted soldier chewing a fag on a street corner.• Do you mind if I have a fag?• It's going to take more than one fag to get rid of these mosquitoes.• I'd get you some fags at the same time.• Instead, I just lit up a straight fag and shared it with her, Bogart style.• I have a look round for the fag packet, but it's gone.• I take another drag on the fag.Origin fag 1. (1800-1900) fag end2. (1900-2000) faggot3. (1500-1600) Perhaps from → FLAG2 