shagging

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shagging

  1. present participle and gerund of shag
    • 2025 May 11, Monica Padrick, “Don Tyxote” (15:59 from the start), in Krapopolis[1], season 2, episode 21, spoken by Deliria (Hannah Waddingham):
      “Ha! Shagging a chair is quite odd.” “Its legs were very sexy. And I know how you are, so I expected a challenge. What did you turn into anyway?” “Oh, the dowdiest mortal woman. You should have seen it.” “Oh, I would have been all over that.” “I know!”

Noun

shagging (usually uncountable, plural shaggings)

  1. (UK, vulgar, slang) An act (or acts) of sexual intercourse.
    • 2007, Martina Reisz Newberry, Hunger (page 28): Insomnia (poem)
      Well, you'll do what you want,
      but I'll tell you this:
      one of the best shaggings I ever had
      was with an overweight housepainter
      who bought me a beer and a hamburger and,
      the next week, painted my kitchen for free.

Derived terms

Adjective

shagging

  1. (UK, vulgar, slang) Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the thing mentioned.
    I'm sick of this shagging job.