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stag

(stăg)

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

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

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

4. A social gathering for men only.

adj.

1. Of or for men only: a stag party.

2. Pornographic: stag films.

adv.

Unaccompanied: went to the dance stag.

intr.v. stagged, stag·ging, stags

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

[Middle English stagge, from Old English stagga; see stegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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stag

(stæɡ)

1. (Animals) the adult male of a deer, esp a red deer

2. a man unaccompanied by a woman at a social gathering

3. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange

a. a speculator who applies for shares in a new issue in anticipation of a rise in price when trading commences in order to make a quick profit on resale

b. (as modifier): stag operations.

4. (modifier) (of a social gathering) attended by men only

5. (modifier) pornographic in content: a stag show.

adv

without a female escort

vb (tr)

(Stock Exchange) stock exchange to apply for (shares in a new issue) with the intention of selling them for a quick profit when trading commences

[Old English stagga (unattested); related to Old Norse steggr male bird]

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stag

(stæg)

n., adj., adv., v. stagged, stag•ging. n.

1. an adult male deer.

2. the male of various other animals.

3. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman.

4. stag party.

5. a swine or bull castrated after maturation of the sex organs.

adj.

6. of or for men only: a stag dinner.

7. intended for male audiences and usu. pornographic in content: a stag show.

adv.

8. without a companion or date: to go stag.

v.i.

9. (of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion.

[1150–1200; akin to Old Norse steggi, steggr male bird, Icelandic steggur male fox, tomcat]

stag

- To go in stag meant to "go naked," which influenced the later "stag party."

stag

Past participle: stagged
Gerund: stagging

Imperative
stag
stag

Present
I stag
you stag
he/she/it stags
we stag
you stag
they stag

Preterite
I stagged
you stagged
he/she/it stagged
we stagged
you stagged
they stagged

Present Continuous
I am stagging
you are stagging
he/she/it is stagging
we are stagging
you are stagging
they are stagging

Present Perfect
I have stagged
you have stagged
he/she/it has stagged
we have stagged
you have stagged
they have stagged

Past Continuous
I was stagging
you were stagging
he/she/it was stagging
we were stagging
you were stagging
they were stagging

Past Perfect
I had stagged
you had stagged
he/she/it had stagged
we had stagged
you had stagged
they had stagged

Future
I will stag
you will stag
he/she/it will stag
we will stag
you will stag
they will stag

Future Perfect
I will have stagged
you will have stagged
he/she/it will have stagged
we will have stagged
you will have stagged
they will have stagged

Future Continuous
I will be stagging
you will be stagging
he/she/it will be stagging
we will be stagging
you will be stagging
they will be stagging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stagging
you have been stagging
he/she/it has been stagging
we have been stagging
you have been stagging
they have been stagging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stagging
you will have been stagging
he/she/it will have been stagging
we will have been stagging
you will have been stagging
they will have been stagging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stagging
you had been stagging
he/she/it had been stagging
we had been stagging
you had been stagging
they had been stagging

Conditional
I would stag
you would stag
he/she/it would stag
we would stag
you would stag
they would stag

Past Conditional
I would have stagged
you would have stagged
he/she/it would have stagged
we would have stagged
you would have stagged
they would have stagged

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stag

An investor who buys shares in an IPO with the intention of selling them immediately dealing begins. See also IPO.

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Noun	1.	stag - a male deer, especially an adult male red deer hart Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, American elk, elk - common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
	2.	stag - adult male deer buck - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) royal stag, royal - stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
Verb	1.	stag - attend a dance or a party without a female companion
	2.	stag - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" shit, tell on, snitch, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass, rat inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" sell out - give information that compromises others
	3.	stag - watch, observe, or inquire secretly sleuth, snoop, spy monitor, supervise - keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves"

Translations

ذَكَر الأيِّل أو الظَّبي

jelen

kronhjort

Hirsch Rothirsch

ciervo

keinotellauroshirvivahtia

cerf

szarvasbika

hjörtur

bue cervo maschio

vyrų pobūvis

briedis

snorstok

hjort kronhjortoppkjøperutdrikkingslagemisjonsjobber

jeleńkastratrogacz

jeleň

jelen

erkek geyik

牡鹿

stag

[stæg]

A. N

1. (Zool) → ciervo m, venado m

2. (Fin) → especulador(a) m/f con nuevas emisiones

B. CPD stag beetle N → ciervo m volante
stag night N → despedida f de soltero
stag party N → fiesta f de despedida de soltero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stag

[ˈstæg] n

(= deer) → cerf m

(British) (STOCK EXCHANGE) → loup m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stag

(Zool: = deer) → Hirsch m; (= male animal) → Bock m, → Bulle m

(Brit, Fin) → Spekulant(in) m(f) (der/die junge Aktien aufkauft)

(inf) → Mann, der solo ist (inf)

adj film, weekend etc → für Männer

adv to go stag → solo ausgehen (inf)

stag

staghound

n → Jagdhund m (für die Hirschjagd)

stag hunt, stag hunting

n → Hirschjagd f

stag

stag night

n → Saufabend m (inf) → des Bräutigams mit seinen Kumpeln (am Vorabend der Hochzeit)

stag party

→ Herrenabend m

= stag night

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stag

[stæg] n (Zool) → cervo (Brit) (Stock Exchange) → rialzista m/f su nuove emissioni

stag

(stӕg) noun

a male deer, especially a red deer.

ˈstag party noun

a party for men only just before one of them gets married (for women see hen party).

References in classic literature ?

`A chattering crow lives out nine generations of aged men, but a stag's life is four times a crow's, and a raven's life makes three stags old, while the phoenix outlives nine ravens, but we, the rich-haired Nymphs, daughters of Zeus the aegis-holder, outlive ten phoenixes.'

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Into the canoe house of the stags no Mary might venture.

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Then a Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture.

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A stag, wild and furious, dashed suddenly forth from among the trees, scattering the does in swift alarm.

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If, I say, while these sacred rites, which are in common to genus omne animantium, are in agitation between the stag and his mistress, any hostile beasts should venture too near, on the first hint given by the frighted hind, fierce and tremendous rushes forth the stag to the entrance of the thicket; there stands he centinel over his love, stamps the ground with his foot, and with his horns brandished aloft in air, proudly provokes the apprehended foe to combat.

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I picked up the gun he had dropped; a queer piece from the old country, short and heavy, with a stag's head on the cock.

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The familiar details came out: the stag's horns, the bookshelves, the looking-glass, the stove with its ventilator, which had long wanted mending, his father's sofa, a large table, on the table an open book, a broken ash tray, a manuscript book with his handwriting.

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He had been accused by an anonymous informer, of having killed a stag in the royal preserves.

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Presently they return successful, having killed a fine stag. Robin, too, comes home, and after loving greetings, listens to the tale of the hunt.

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You must turn right round and go back, and then you will come to the Stag."

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When the wolf was gone, came a dog, a stag, a hare, a bear, a lion, and all the beasts of the forest, one after the other.

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"When I had nearly got back to the ship some god took pity upon my solitude, and sent a fine antlered stag right into the middle of my path.