stag meaning

stag as a verb

1. attend a dance or a party without a female companion
2. give away information about somebody
   • He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam

   Synonyms: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch

   Type of: inform

   Kinds: sell someone out

3. watch, observe, or inquire secretly

   Synonyms: spy, snoop, sleuth

   Type of: monitor

stag as a noun

1. a male deer, especially an adult male red deer

   Synonyms: hart

   Type of: red deer

2. adult male deer

   Type of: buck

   Kinds: royal

stag in a sentence

• The stag looked majestic, but the hunter shot it anyway.
• The female stag beetle lays eggs into rotten wood.
• The Barbary stag is a highly endangered animal.
• The stag beetle approached the hornet's nest.
• The hunter shoots stags and hares.

How to pronounce stag

stag is pronounced /stæɡ/ in British English and /stæɡ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with stag

• bag
• drag
• flag
• gag
• lag
• nag
• sag
• wag
• rag
• brag
• crag
• snag
• mag
• shag
• slag