stag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stag /stæɡ/ noun [countable] 1. HBAa fully grown male deer 成年雄鹿，牡鹿 SYN American English buck2. go stag American English informalALONE if a man goes stag, he goes to a party without a woman 〔男子〕不带女伴参加社交聚会 → stag night, stag party
Examples from the Corpus
stag• So the fox sat down by him and chatted until the young lord came back with a stag which he had shot.• The dun stag stayed back, sidestepping like a boxer.• It is a sound which can be imitated fairly easily and I've brought irate stags near by issuing an apparent challenge.• I made myself very small as the stags crashed down the heathery, birch-studded hillside.• The stag is a primal male creature, filled with force and dynamism.From Longman Business Dictionarystagstag1 /stæg/ noun [countable] British EnglishFINANCE someone who buys new shares in a company in order to sell them quickly and make a profit, rather than to keep them as an investmentstagstag2 verb (stagged, stagging) [transitive] stag an issue British EnglishFINANCE to buy shares in a company in order to sell them quickly and make a profit, rather than to keep them as an investmentSubstantially reducing the pricing of the tender (=formal statement of the price) makes it unpopular with those who like to stag new issues.Origin stag Old English staggastag nounChinese
fully Business Corpus grown a male deer
stag
stag /stæɡ/
noun [countable]
SYN buck American English
2. go stag American English informal if a man goes stag, he goes to a party without a woman
⇨ stag night, stag party
stag /stæɡ/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: stagga
1. a fully grown male deer Origin: stagga
SYN buck American English
2. go stag American English informal if a man goes stag, he goes to a party without a woman
⇨ stag night, stag party
