cag

C3A1G2

noun

A keg.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

cag1

nouncag (plural cags)

plural cags

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandA keg.

cag2

nouncag (plural cags)

plural cags

  1. UKabbreviationclippinginformalClipping of cagoule.

cag3

nouncag (plural cags)

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.

cag4

verbcag (third-person singular simple present cags, present participle cagging, simple past and past participle cagged)

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

CAG5

nounCAG (countable and uncountable, plural CAGs)

plural CAGs

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

cag · noun

  1. Middle Englishkag
  2. Englishcag

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

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cag · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*kagô“bush, stump”
  2. Old Norse*kagi
  3. Middle English*kagge
  4. Englishcag

From English dialect, from Middle English *kagge, perhaps from Old Norse *kagi, *kaggi, from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”). Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”). Possibly from the same root as Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”). Doublet of chag.

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cag · verb

  1. Old Norsekǫgurr“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”
  2. Middle Englishcaggen“to tie, bind”
  3. Englishcag

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots kag, kagg (“to vex, grieve”). Perhaps from Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), possibly from or related to Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”). Alternatively, perhaps allied with Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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