fag

verb

ˈfag How to pronounce fag (audio)
Definition of fagnext
1
as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

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2
as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fag
  1. struggle
  2. wear
  3. labor
  4. kill
  5. work
  6. exhaust
  7. strive
  8. tire
Verb
  • Thus, consumption of THCV can be beneficial for those who struggle with weight gain and/or food craving.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of struggle
Verb
  • The main event will be eight, two-minute rounds instead of 10 or 12 three-minute rounds and both fighters will wear 14-ounce gloves rather than 10-ounce gloves.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The uniforms will be worn for six regular-season home games in total.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of wear
Verb
  • Doctors are known for laboring under brutal schedules but a new generation wants more of a work-life balance.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In Game 3, Freeman had a fifth-inning single but was removed in the eighth while laboring at the plate.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of labor
Verb
  • Finally, as is obvious to most observers, Israel cannot kill its way out of the threat posed by Hamas and other armed Palestinian factions.
    John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The version of the virus detected in San Mateo County lies at the center of an outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people this year in Central and Eastern Africa, with most of those cases being in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of kill
Verb
  • Officials are working with an anthropologist to determine whether that is true, KOB reported.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The electric thrill of Sichuan pepper works well in sweet dishes, too.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of work
Verb
  • The divisive race has left Americans exhausted and on edge, Sonoma State Political Science Professor David McCuan said.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Javonte Williams, Running Back Williams, 24, came to Denver with high expectations after the team exhausted a second-round pick on the North Carolina product back in 2021.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of exhaust
Verb
  • Always strive to be transparent with your communications.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Charlie Dennis is writer-director from the West Midlands in the United Kingdom, who strives to improve accessibility within film and TV aims to ensure that even the most exciting stories stay profoundly human.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of strive
Verb
  • With Ortiz in the mix that’s sufficient ammo in a large field, especially if the prospect of a duel between the top two horses winds up tiring those two out.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The long, frustrating phone call had tired my mother out.
    Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of tire
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“Fag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fag. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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