noun. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.

noun. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.

noun. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.

noun. A social gathering for men only.

adjective. Of or for men only.

adjective. Pornographic.

adverb. Unaccompanied.

intransitive verb. To attend a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner. Used especially of men.

In commercial slang, to act as a stag on the stock exchange. See stag, n., 2.

To follow warily, as a deer-stalker does a deer; dog; watch

To cut off (trousers at the knee, or boots at the ankle).

noun. The male of various animals, especially of the deer tribe.

noun. In commercial slang: An outside irregular dealer in stocks, not a member of the exchange.

noun. A person who applies for the allotment of shares in a joint-stock company, not because he wishes to hold the shares, but because he hopes to sell the allotment at a premium. If he fails in this he forbears to pay the deposit, and the allotment is forfeited.

noun. A romping girl; a hoyden.

noun. The color of the stag; a red dirty-brown color.

intransitive verb. To act as a “stag,” or irregular dealer in stocks.

transitive verb. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

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noun. The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

noun. The male of certain other species of large deer.

noun. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.

noun. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.

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noun. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

noun. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

noun. The European wren.

noun. any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and Lucanus dama of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle.

noun. a dance by men only.

noun. the babiroussa.

noun. any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of Florida and the West Indies.

noun. an Australian and West African fern (Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.

noun. a common American shrub (Rhus typhina) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.

noun. a party consisting of men only.

noun. a parasitic dipterous insect of the family Hippoboscidæ, which lives upon the stag and is usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings.

noun. An adult male deer.

noun. A colt, or filly.

noun. A romping girl.

noun. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.

noun. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

noun. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

noun. The European wren.

noun. An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.

noun. A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.

verb. To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.

verb. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

adverb. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

verb. attend a dance or a party without a female companion

verb. watch, observe, or inquire secretly

noun. adult male deer

"As the word a stag is the name of a single complex idea; but the word stags by a change of termination adds to this"

bachelorette party  hen party  royal stag  

stag beetle  stag do  stag night  stag party  

American elk  cervus elaphus  elk  monitor  red deer  

Ag  Bragg  ag  bag  bagge  

alligator  beaver  boar  buck  bull  

Cape elk  Kaffeeklatsch  Virginia deer  adventurer  antelope  

bull seg  bull stag  ox  

stagged  stagging  stags