stag
noun · verb · adverb
Simple meaning
An unmarried man.
Pronunciation
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stagIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈstæɡ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countableusually attributive
An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
A male deer, especially an adult male red deer
british
A male turkey: a turkeycock.
countable
A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser.
countable
An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg.
countableslang
An informer.
verb
Watch, observe, or inquire secretly
transitive
To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
intransitivebritish
To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
adverb
Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
Used this way, stag is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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The production of a drama on the stage.
Written for or performed on the stage.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers.
A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
An area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation.
A kind of lamellicorn beetle.
A party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only).
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag.
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Synonyms
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