Stag \Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
   animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. Steg.]
   1. (Zool.)
      (a) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a
          large European species closely related to the American
          elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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   2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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   3. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull
      seg. See the Note under Ox.
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   4. (Stock Exchange)
      (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
          member of the exchange. [Cant]
      (b) 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. [Cant]
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   5. (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Stag beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
      lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied
      genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and Lucanus
      dama of the United States. The mandibles are large and
      branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
      the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug,
      and horse beetle.

   Stag dance, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]

   Stag hog (Zool.), the babiroussa.

   Stag-horn coral (Zool.), any one of several species of
      large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which
      somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
      Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of
      Florida and the West Indies.

   Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
      (Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched
      like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
      

   Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub (Rhus
      typhina) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
      

   Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
      

   Stag tick (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
      family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is
      usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
      European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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	Stag \Stag\, v. i. (Com.)
   To act as a "stag," or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant]
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	Stag \Stag\, v. t.
   To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]
   --H. Kingsley.
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	Steg \Steg\ (st[e^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
   animals. Cf. Stag.] (Zool.)
   A gander. [Written also stag.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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	stag
    n 1: a male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn:
         hart, stag]
    2: adult male deer
    v 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" [syn: denounce,
       tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
       shop, snitch, stag]
    3: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag,
       snoop, sleuth]

	

	126 Moby Thesaurus words for "stag":
   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