Dictionary

ag en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈæɡ/ without æ-raising before /ɡ/
• [ˈæɡ] without æ-raising before /ɡ/
• /ˈeɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
• [ˈeɪ̯ɡ] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Clipping of agriculture or agricultural.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-compounds) Clipping of agriculture.
   alt of agriculture
   • […] fruits and vegetables, oddly referred to in ag-speak as specialty crops, […] 2014 March 8, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com
   • Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […] 2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014 March 8)
   • He got his degree from the state ag college.
   • My class is over on ag campus.

Forms

Deriveds

ag pipe · ag-gag

Relateds

Big Ag · agri-

wikidata: Q11451

ag en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of aggregate.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of aggregate (“small rocks mixed into concrete”).
   alt of aggregate
   • If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.
   • The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.

Forms

ag en · INTJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• [ˈax] (General-South-African)
• /ˈax/ (General-South-African)

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

Meanings

1. (South-Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
   • Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee 1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”:
   • ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’ 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88:
   • Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out. 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 491:
   • "Ag, skattie, those are just bloody drug dealers driving around in stolen cars […]" 2000, Pace, page 128:

Deriveds

ag man

ag en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of AG (“aggressive (butch)”).
   alt of AG
   • The context around stud enables us to understand its meaning among the W4W advertisers: Seeking lesbian stud, butch, ag, or tomboish women ONLY I'm a single stud (on the soft side) slim body type, tattoos, cute face, and great smile[…] 2017 July 31, Eric Friginal, Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • I don't know what I'd do without them (smiles) Sometimes, I wonder why studs/ag's/butches/transguys be grilling one another in the club. I mean, in my mind, I'm like Why would you hate someone who look like you, act like you,[…] 2016 June 10, Roberta Uno, Monologues for Actors of Color: Men, Routledge, →ISBN, page 85:
   • new forms of female masculinity are exploding, ranging from butches, dykes, and studs to transmen, FTMs, ags, genderqueers, individuals masculine-of-center, and many more. Transgender men and masculine women can make their own movies[…] 2016 February 26, Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 224:

Forms

Relateds

ag assault