Meanings
plural skags
- alternativecountableuncountablenauticalAlternative form of skeg.
- alternativecountableslanguncountableAlternative spelling of scag (“heroin”).
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip out for beer during commercials, because / The revolution will not be televised
1971, Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”Synonyms: Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food
- countableslanguncountableAn unattractive woman.First known use 1920s
Ewww! Do you think that's her boyfriend!? Nice Forehead, dude! …Check out the obvious implants on that skag!
1997, Daniel Clowes, “The Norman Square”, in Ghost World, Jonathan Cape, published 2000, →ISBN, page 49Synonyms: skank, battle-ax, beldame, boot, brown-bagger, cunt, dog, gorgon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAlternative spelling of scag (“heroin”).
nounAn unattractive woman.
More synonyms by meaning
nounstreet names for heroin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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skag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skag
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