■ noun
1》 a fully adult male deer.
↘an adult male turkey.
2》 [as modifier ] denoting a social gathering attended by men only.
↘ chiefly N. Amer. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a female partner.
3》 Brit. Stock Exchange a person who applies for shares in a new issue with a view to selling at once for a profit.
■ adverb N. Amer. without a female partner at a social gathering.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged )
1》 Brit. Stock Exchange buy (shares in a new issue) and sell them at once for a profit.
2》 N. Amer. informal roughly cut (trousers) off short.
Origin
ME: related to ON steggr 'male bird'.