"cag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cags [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kag}} Middle English kag, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|non|kaggi}} Old Norse kaggi, {{cog|sv|kagge}} Swedish kagge Head templates: {{en-noun}} cag (plural cags)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A keg. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: cags [plural]
Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cag (plural cags)
  1. (British, informal) Clipping of cagoule. Tags: British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: cagoule
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: cags [plural], kag [alternative], kyag [alternative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*kagge}} Middle English *kagge, {{der|en|non|*kagi}} Old Norse *kagi, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kagô|t=bush, stump}} Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”), {{cog|de|Kag|t=cabbage stalk, stump}} German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), {{cog|sv|kage|t=treestump}} Swedish kage (“treestump”), {{cog|non|kaggi|t=barrel, cask, keg}} Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”), {{doublet|en|chag}} Doublet of chag Head templates: {{en-noun}} cag (plural cags)
  1. (dialectal) A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump. Tags: dialectal
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  2. (dialectal) The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cag-en-noun-6sjNR5aD
  3. (dialectal) An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cag-en-noun-h8Fk4T-8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cack-handed
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: cags [present, singular, third-person], cagging [participle, present], cagged [participle, past], cagged [past]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{cog|sco|kag}} Scots kag, {{inh|en|enm|caggen|t=to tie, bind}} Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), {{der|en|non|kǫgurr|t=quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth}} Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”), {{cog|nn|kjaka|t=to wrangle, harass}} Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} cag (third-person singular simple present cags, present participle cagging, simple past and past participle cagged)
  1. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve. Tags: dialectal, slang, transitive
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  2. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To chatter, gossip. Tags: dialectal, slang, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caggy, cag-mag
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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