~ 1
Brit.
■ noun
1》 informal a tiring or unwelcome task.
2》 a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged )
1》 informal work hard.
2》 (of a public-school pupil) act as a ~.
3》 [as adjective ~ged out ] informal, chiefly Brit. exhausted.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'grow weary'): of unknown origin; cf. flag 4 .
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~ 2
■ noun N. Amer. informal, derogatory a male homosexual.
Derivatives
~gy adjective
Origin
1920s: short for ~got (in sense 3).
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~ 3
■ noun Brit. informal a cigarette.
Origin
C19: elliptically from ~ end .