cag

plural cags

1. Northern EnglandScotlandA keg.

plural cags

1. UKabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of cagoule.

plural cags · alternative kag · alternative kyag

1. dialectalA projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
2. dialectalThe stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
3. dialectalAn angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.

present singular third person cags · participle present cagging · participle past cagged · past cagged

1. dialectalslangtransitiveTo vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.

   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 […]

   1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 344

   Synonyms: distress, afflict, lacerate, aggrieve, plague, atray, distress, engrieve

2. dialectalslangtransitiveTo chatter, gossip.

   Synonyms: tittle-tattle, blab, chelp, clepe, dish, dish the dirt, fetch and carry, gossip

plural CAGs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of commander of the air group.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of compound annual growth.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Comptroller and Auditor General.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of coronary artery graft.
5. countableuncountablebiochemistryThe nucleobase coding triplet cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G).
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemachine learningInitialism of context-augmented generation.

1. ChinaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Church of Almighty God, a neo-Christian movement in China.