Cag
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cag is a noun meaning (Northern England, Scotland) A keg.
Meaning
(Northern England, Scotland) A keg.
More Meanings
- (British, informal) Clipping of cagoule.
- (dialectal) A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
- (dialectal) The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
- (dialectal) An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
- (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
- (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To chatter, gossip.
Example Sentences
If a little petulance be discovered in SPRING's printed reply, perhaps it was cagged out of him by the very unceremonious manner of approach adopted by Langan and Reynolds […]
Word Forms
- cags
- cagging
- cagged
Synonyms for cag
Depending on context, synonyms include distress, afflict, aggrieve, plague, atray, engrieve.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include emf, pac, cfg, kat, captain, repeat.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.