Complete Definition of "dag"

see|Dag
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/dæɡ/
:rhymes|æɡ

Etymology 1
From decagram

Abbreviation
dag

  1. decagram

Etymology 2
Related to dang and damn?

Interjection
dag

  1. context|US|colloquial Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.

Etymology 3
From dag, a sharp-pointed object. Compare dagger

Noun
en-noun

  1. A skewer
  2. A sharpened stick, used for roasting food over a fire. Compare dogwood, formerly dagwood
  3. A long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing
  4. One of a row of decorative strips of cloth, ornamenting a tent, booth, or fairground

Verb
en-verb|dag|g|ed

  1. transitive To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
  2. transitive To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

Etymology 4
From daglock

Noun
en-noun
rfv

  1. A dangling lock of sheep�s wool matted with dung

Synonyms
daglock
dung tag

  1. 1989, Paula Simmons, Raising Sheep the Modern Way, revised edition, Storey Communications Inc., Pownal Vermont, page 212

:"Remove dung tags, and do not tie them in with the fleece."

Related terms
daggy

Etymology 5
back-form|daggy
rfv
Noun
en-noun

  1. context|Australian|_|slang|New Zealand|_|derogatory|_|slang An uncool person commonly not a dork, loser, nerd. May be used as form of endearment emphasising that they are different.

Synonyms
dork
loser
nerd

Related terms
daggy

Etymology 6
From the initials of directed acyclic graph.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V, E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.

Afrikaans

Noun
dag

  1. day

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Danish

Etymology
Old Norse dagr

Noun
dag

  1. day

Category:Danish nouns


Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|g1m|g2f|pldagen|dim1daagje|dim2=dagje

  1. day
  2. goodbye
  3. Also a greeting, short for goede dag ("good day")

Category:nl:Time


Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[d�a�]

Noun
dag m, accusative singular of dagur

  1. day

Derived terms
góðan dag! - good day!

Declension
fo-decl-noun-m42|d|a|g|e|ø

Category:Faroese noun forms


Indonesian

Interjection
dag

  1. hello

Category:Indonesian interjections


Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m1|dag

  1. day
  2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset

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Swedish
sv-noun|gender=Common|dag|dagen|dagar|dagarna|dags|dagens|dagars|dagarnas

Noun
dag

  1. day
  2. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

See also
i dag

Category:Swedish nouns

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Revision and Credits for"dag"
  • 2007-12-25 22:07 - Hippietrail - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/121.72.4.68|121.72.4.68]] ([[User_talk:121.72.4.68|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Goldenrowley|Goldenrowley]]

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