scag

== English == === Alternative forms === skag === Etymology === Unknown. Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skæɡ/ Rhymes: -æɡ === Noun === scag (countable and uncountable, plural scags) (slang, uncountable) Heroin. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin (slang, countable, derogatory, originally African-American Vernacular) A woman of loose morals. (slang, countable, dated, US) A cigarette. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cigarette ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Vietnamese: xì ke === Verb === scag (third-person singular simple present scags, present participle scagging, simple past and past participle scagged) (computing) To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage. === References === === Anagrams === CAGs, CGAs, cags == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Norse [Term?]. === Verb === scag (present analytic scagann, future analytic scagfaidh, verbal noun scagadh, past participle scagtha) to strain, filter to drain off to refine to sift to derive, spring (from source) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scacaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “scag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “scag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “scag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026