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scag

/skæɡ/

scag noun: heroin.

Noun

scag (countable and uncountable, plural scags)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
    • And I was snorting scag while other kids played tag1973, “Sport”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod
    • So goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through / I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do1975, David Allan Coe, “Cocaine Carolina”, performed by Johnny Cash
  2. (countable, derogatory, slang) A woman of loose morals.
  3. (US, countable, dated, slang) A cigarette.
    • “Then have a skag,” said I. / “’Twill make it seem like happier times, / You liked this brand, I understand.”1915, “The Doomsday Butt”, in The Cornhusker, page 458
    • Awoke when our florescent lights came on and went outside to smoke a few scags before breakfast.1996, Paul Bunker, Keith Barlow, Bunker's War: The World War II Diary of Paul D. Bunker, page 134

Verb

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

  1. 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.

Synonyms of scag

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Forms of scag

Noun
pluralscags
alternative formskag
Verb
third-person singular presentscags
present participlescagging
past participlescagged
pastscagged

Origin of scag

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

Words formed from scag

Words that rhyme with scag

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Questions about scag

What does scag mean?
Scag means heroin.
What part of speech is scag?
Scag can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce scag?
Scag is pronounced /skæɡ/.
What is the plural of scag?
The plural of scag is scags.

Words near scag in the dictionary

  1. scaffoldy
  2. Scaffs
  3. scaffy
  4. Scafidi
  5. Scafidis
  6. scag
  7. scagged
  8. scagging
  9. Scaggs
  10. scaggy
  11. scaghead

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