scag

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.[1][2] Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skæɡ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

scag (countable and uncountable, plural scags)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
    • 1973, “Sport”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:
      And I was snorting scag while other kids played tag
    • 1975, David Allan Coe (lyrics and music), “Cocaine Carolina”, performed by Johnny Cash:
      So goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through / I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do
    • 1996, Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and Fucking, Scene One:
      Mark: No. I'm off the scag. Ten days without the scag. And I'm going away.
  2. (slang, countable, derogatory, originally African-American Vernacular) A woman of loose morals.
  3. (slang, countable, dated, US) A cigarette.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cigarette
    • 1915, “The Doomsday Butt”, in The Cornhusker, page 458:
      “Then have a skag,” said I. / “’Twill make it seem like happier times, / You liked this brand, I understand.”
    • 1996, Paul Bunker, Keith Barlow, Bunker's War: The World War II Diary of Paul D. Bunker, page 134:
      Awoke when our florescent lights came on and went outside to smoke a few scags before breakfast.

Descendants
  • Vietnamese: xì ke

Verb

scag (third-person singular simple present scags, present participle scagging, simple past and past participle scagged)

  1. (computing) To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.
    That last power hit scagged the system disk.

References
  1. “scag, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. “scag”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?].

Verb

scag (present analytic scagann, future analytic scagfaidh, verbal noun scagadh, past participle scagtha)

  1. to strain, filter
  2. to drain off
  3. to refine
  4. to sift
  5. to derive, spring (from source)

Conjugation
conjugation of scag (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present scagaim scagann tú;
scagair†		 scagann sé, sí scagaimid scagann sibh scagann siad;
scagaid†		 a scagann; a scagas scagtar
past scag mé; scagas scag tú; scagais scag sé, sí scagamar; scag muid scag sibh; scagabhair scag siad; scagadar a scag /
ar scag*		 scagadh
past habitual scagainn scagtá scagadh sé, sí scagaimis; scagadh muid scagadh sibh scagaidís; scagadh siad a scagadh /
a scagadh*		 scagtaí
future scagfaidh mé;
scagfad		 scagfaidh tú;
scagfair†		 scagfaidh sé, sí scagfaimid;
scagfaidh muid		 scagfaidh sibh scagfaidh siad;
scagfaid†		 a scagfaidh; a scagfas scagfar
conditional scagfainn scagfá scagfadh sé, sí scagfaimis; scagfadh muid scagfadh sibh scagfaidís; scagfadh siad a scagfadh /
a scagfadh*		 scagfaí
subjunctive present go scaga mé;
go scagad†		 go scaga tú;
go scagair†		 go scaga sé, sí go scagaimid;
go scaga muid		 go scaga sibh go scaga siad;
go scagaid†		 — go scagtar
past dá scagainn dá scagtá dá scagadh sé, sí dá scagaimis;
dá scagadh muid		 dá scagadh sibh dá scagaidís;
dá scagadh siad		 — dá scagtaí
imperative scagaim scag scagadh sé, sí scagaimis scagaigí;
scagaidh†		 scagaidís — scagtar
verbal noun scagadh
past participle scagtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

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