Stag

Noun



 * 1) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
 * 2) The male of certain other species of large deer.
 * 3) A colt, or filly.
 * 4) A romping girl.
 * 5) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram; -- called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.
 * 6) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
 * 7) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
 * 8) The European wren.
 * 9)  An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
 * 10) A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
 * The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom

Synonyms

 * bachelor party (US), stag do (UK informal), stag party

Derived terms

 * stag beetle
 * stag do
 * stag night
 * stag party

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
 * 2)  To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

Adverb

 * 1) Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
 * My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

Thesaurus
Cape elk, Kaffeeklatsch, Virginia deer, adventurer, antelope, ball, big operator, billy, billy goat, blowout, boar, broad jumper, bubbly-jock, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, bull, bullock, camel, camelopard, caribou, chanticleer, cock, cockerel, cocktail party, coffee klatch, costume party, deer, deerlet, dinner, dinner party, doe, dog, donation party, drake, dromedary, eland, elk, entertainment, entire, entire horse, fallow deer, fawn, festivity, flea, frog, gander, garden party, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, goat, gobbler, grasshopper, gunslinger, hart, hartebeest, he-goat, hen party, high jumper, hind, hopper, house party, house-raising, housewarming, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo, lame duck, lawn party, leaper, margin purchaser, mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, operator, party, peacock, plunger, pole vaulter, ram, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer, roebuck, rooster, salmon, scalper, shindig, shindy, shower, smart operator, smoker, speculator, springbok, stag party, stallion, steer, stot, stud, studhorse, sunfisher, surprise party, timber topper, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse, tup, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, vaulter, wether, wildebeest

Etymology
From, probably from *stagga, from  or from  steggr: or steggi:

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Czech:
 * Greek: αρσενικό ελάφι (arsenikó eláfi)
 * Hebrew:
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: благородный олень (blagoródnyj olén’), настоящий олень (nastojáščij olén’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: snorstok
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: αρσενικό ελάφι (arsenikó eláfi)


 * Hebrew:
 * Russian: олень (olén’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Volapük: stäg,  histäg


 * Polish: źrebak, młoda klacz


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish: pörssikeinottelija, pörssipeluri


 * Norwegian: ,


 * Polish: strzyżyk


 * Italian: addio al celibato
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish: wieczór kawalerski
 * Russian: мальчишник

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Adverb

 * Finnish: seuralaiseton mies

Anagrams

 * gast
 * gats
 * tags