ag

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

ag

1. (chiefly in compounds) Clipping of agriculture.

   He got his degree from the state ag college.

   My class is over on ag campus.

   • 2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014 March 8):

     Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […]

   • 2014 March 8, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com:

     […] fruits and vegetables, oddly referred to in ag-speak as specialty crops, […]

Noun

ag (countable and uncountable, plural ags)

1. (construction) Clipping of aggregate (small rocks mixed into concrete).

   The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.

   If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ax/

Interjection

ag

1. (South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.
   • 1962, Jeremy Taylor (lyrics and music), “Ag Pleez Deddy”:

     Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee

   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88:

     ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 491:

     Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out.

Adverb

ag

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of again.

Noun

ag (plural ags)

1. Alternative letter-case form of AG (“aggressive (butch)”)
   • 2016 February 26, Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 224:

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   • 2017 July 31, Eric Friginal, Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics, Routledge, →ISBN:

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Noun

ag (plural agte)

1. esteem
2. eight

Verb

ag (present ag, present participle agtende, past participle geag)

1. to regard; to deem

   Ek ag hom as 'n belangrike bate in ons maatskappy.

   I deem him as an important asset in our company.

   Hy word hoog geag.

   He is highly regarded.

2. to heed

Interjection

ag

1. oh, oh no, shoot, damn, oh dear

Numeral

ag

1. Alternative form of agt