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vag

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See also: väg, vág, and våg

Translingual

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vag

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vagla.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of vagina.

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Noun

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vag (plural not attested)

  1. (US slang, chiefly vulgar) Vagina (or, by extension, vulva).
    • 2012, “Ke$ha Die Young PARODY! Key of Awesome #65”, The Key of Awesome (lyrics), Ke$ha (music)‎[1]:
      Out the cab flash the vag / Set the women's movement back
    • 2012, “My Vag”, performed by Awkwafina:
      My vag squirt aloe vera / Yo' vag look like Tony Danza

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of vagrant.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

  1. (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
    • 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back, page 250:
      But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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vag (plural vags)

  1. (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) Turf used as fuel.
    • 1983, Eric Hemery, High Dartmoor, Land and People, →ISBN, page 91:
      Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon).
    • 1984 October 5, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, “Course of proceedings”, in In the Matter of Gidleigh Common, Gidleigh, West Devon District, Devon[2], page 5:
      They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.
    • 1985 January 21, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, quoting Thomas Hutchings, “4 Nattadon Road/28 Meldon Road”, in In the Matter of Chagford Common, Meldon Common, Nattadon Common, Padley Common, Weekbrook Down, Week Down, Steniel Down, and Jurston Green all in Chagford, West Devon District, Devon[3], page 14:
      I first grazed ponies on Padley in 1932 and my ponies are grazing there still. I take bracken for the garden, rushes to cover my potato clam, bean sticks for the garden and I expect I am one of the few who still cut vags (peat) on common land for fuel.

Verb

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vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
    • 1892, Sarah Hewett, The Peasant Speech of Devon[4], page 140:
      Düee 'old up yer frock, an' not let 'n vag along like that; tha bottom aw'n 'll be tiffled out, and covered wi' mucks.
  2. (UK, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
  3. (UK, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.
    • 1967, Henry Williamson, A Solitary War:
      Smoke immediately vagged about in the parlour chimney.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French vague.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vaːɡ/, [væːˀj], [væjˀ]

Adjective

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vag

  1. vague

Inflection

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Inflection of vag
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vag vagere vagest2
indefinite neuter singular vagt vagere vagest2
plural vage vagere vagest2
definite attributive1 vage vagere vageste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vako, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish vako.

Noun

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vag

  1. furrow

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin vagus, via French vague.

Adjective

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vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)

  1. vague

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin vagus, via French vague.

Adjective

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vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)

  1. vague

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.

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Adjective

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vag m or n (feminine singular vagă, plural vagi)

  1. vague

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite vag vagă vagi vagi
definite vagul vaga vagii vagile
genitive-
dative
indefinite vag vagi vagi vagi
definite vagului vagii vagilor vagilor

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French vague, from Latin vagus (unsteady, wandering).

Adjective

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vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)

  1. vague
    själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar
    the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams

Declension

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Inflection of vag
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vag vagare vagast
neuter singular vagt vagare vagast
plural vaga vagare vagast
masculine plural2 vage vagare vagast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vage vagare vagaste
all vaga vagare vagaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Volapük

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Noun

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vag (nominative plural vags)

  1. emptiness

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