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

• shagging wagon

Adjective

shagging

1. (UK, vulgar, slang) Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the thing mentioned.

   I'm sick of this shagging job.