[staɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a male deer, especially a male red deer after its fifth year

- a social gathering attended by men only
(e.g: a stag event)

- a person who applies for shares in a new issue with a view to selling at once for a profit
(e.g: stags made an average profit of £60 each)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): related to Old Norse steggr ‘male bird’, Icelandic steggi ‘tomcat’

[staɡ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- without a female partner at a social gathering
(e.g: a lot of boys went stag)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): related to Old Norse steggr ‘male bird’, Icelandic steggi ‘tomcat’

[staɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- buy (shares in a new issue) and sell them at once for a profit
(e.g: they made profits from stagging each issue)

- roughly cut (a garment, especially a pair of trousers) to make it shorter
(e.g: I stagged them off and burned the ends then tucked them away)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): related to Old Norse steggr ‘male bird’, Icelandic steggi ‘tomcat’