shag

/ʃaɡ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʃaɡ/

shag

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> shag

Myanmar meaning

ဆေးရွက်ကြီးအပြင်းစား။ ဓားလှီးဆေး။

Full entry

shag¹ /ʃæg/ n [U]

ဆေးရွက်ကြီးအပြင်းစား။ ဓားလှီးဆေး။

shag² /ʃæg/ v (⚠ Brit sl )

လိင်ဆက်ဆံသည်။

More examples

‘A windowless basement with wall-to-wall white shag carpet was what Penny and Tom Friedman encountered when they moved into their townhouse near Washington, DC.’
‘His only lasting one, besides the remarkable stain on the shag carpet now covered by a throw rug, was the small metal charm inserted into the keyhole.’
‘The floors were white soft shag usually covered with lego and other toys.’
‘As I approached the flat square of grass where Judo was held, I slowed to a walk, slipping off my sandals, and plodding down into the grass, my toes squishing into it like a shag carpet.’
‘Described by the artist as a ‘yellow brick road, ’ a wide zigzagging pathway of yellow shag carpet with a red border meandered from the front door through the installation.’
‘The shag they sold me two years ago continues to emit waves of wispy scarlet wool that spread across the floor like Poe's red death, no matter how many times I put off having the thing cleaned.’
‘Their $2000-a-night lodge apparently contained such delights as '70s-style furniture, pastel shag carpets, an indoor sauna and Jacuzzi tub.’
‘Maybe his sister had been smart when she'd chosen that white shag for her floor; wood may be masculine, but it was hard on the morning senses.’
‘She latched onto lines like ‘red carpet treatment at shag carpet prices’ and a ‘whole new age of consumer power.’’
‘He looked only about six or seven, but was wearing shags for clothing, covered in dirt and skinnier than it was healthy to be.’
‘It shattered, pieces scattering across the orange shag carpet.’
‘The carpet appeared to be yellow shag, which felt cool when Iroka swung her feet off the bed and onto the floor.’
‘The walls are bare, hospital white and the carpet is old brown, 70's shag.’
‘Any special effects are kept to a bare minimum (that is, if you consider a bolt of lighting in the sky an effect), and the scenes are about as suspenseful as watching my three year old nephew get static shocks from walking across a shag carpet.’
‘The bed had run of the mill blankets and linens, the floor was an inexpensive shag carpet, and the ceiling had a stucco-mimic finish with some cracks running in the corners.’
‘I've never complained to our landlord about the lump in the hallway shag that weeps blood when you step on it.’
‘Just make sure there are no tacks in the used shag you have.’
‘When Melissa opened her eyes, she was alone in the carpeting, drowning in brown shag.’
‘While I was allowed to ‘express myself‘by choosing bright orange shag carpet, she did draw the line in some cases.’
‘The delicate serenade ‘Sparrows Over Birmingham’ and the equally touching ‘Rise’ erase the kitsch factor of the previous 40 minutes and nestle into your soul like it was shag carpet.’

Synonyms

abandoned, abscond, accompany, all by one's lonesome, alone, amble, attend, barrel, batching it, beat it, bedog, bird-dog, bolt, bound, bring up the rear, bustle, by itself/oneself, by oneself, canter, career, carpet, carpeting, catenate, charge, chase, chivy, cigar, cigarette, clear out, come with, companionless, concatenate, convoy, course, crop, cut and run, dally, dangle, dart, dash, dawdle, decamp, delay, depart, deserted, desolate, detached, dog, dog it, dog the footsteps of, down, drag, draggle, draw, drive, drive away, droop, drop back, escape, escort, expel, extend, fall back, fall behind, falter, feel, fiber, flag, flee, flit, floor covering, fly, follow, follow a scent, forlorn, forsaken, freeze, friendless, gallop, give chase, go after, go like lightning, go with, grit, halt, hang, hang back, hang down, hasten, haul, hermit, hie, hotfoot, hound, hunt, hurry, hustle, in solitary, individual, isolated, jog, lag, lag behind, leaf, leg it, light out, linger, loiter, lone, lonely, lonesome, lope, make a break, make off, make tracks, mat, matting, me and my shadow, me myself and I, nose out, on one's own, onliest, only, onto, outside, pace, persecute, pile, plant, plod, poke, poke along, procrastinate, pull, pursue, pursue physically, put a tail on, race, roughness, run after, run down, runner, rush, scamper, schlepp along, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, search, seek, separate; apart, shadow, shoot, single, single-handedly, singly, skedaddle, skip

Antonyms

advance, avoid, carry on, cease, complete, continue, dally, dawdle, delay, disregard, escape, face, finish, forward, go, go before, halt, hasten, hurry, ignore, inside, interior, lead, leave, leave alone, let go, linger, meet, middle, misunderstand, neglect, not get, obey, pass over, precede, procrastinate, push, remain, rest, retard, retreat, rise, run away, rush, scorn, serve, shorten, shun, slight, slow, speed, stand, stay, stop, tiptoe, together, wait, walk