SHAG

I. noun Etymology: Middle English *~ge, from Old English sceacga; akin to Old Norse skegg beard, skaga to project Date: before 12th century 1. a ~gy tangled mass or covering (as of hair), long coarse or matted fiber, nap, or pile, a layered haircut of uneven length, tobacco cut into fine shreds, any of various waterbirds related to the cormorants, II. adjective Date: 1581 ~gy , III. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1596 intransitive verb to fall or hang in ~gy masses, transitive verb to make rough or ~gy, IV. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1896 1. to chase after, to catch (a fly) in baseball practice, to chase away, V. intransitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: variant of shog Date: 1914 to move or lope along, to dance the ~, VI. noun Date: 1932 a dance step executed by hopping livelily on each foot in turn