- stag
- stag [stag]n.pl. stags or stag [ME < OE stagga, akin to ON (andar)steggi, drake < IE base * stegh-, to stick, pierce]1. a full-grown male deer, esp. a hart or a caribou2. a male animal, esp. a hog, castrated in maturity3.☆ a) a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a womanb) a social gathering attended by men onlyadj.☆ for men only [a stag dinner]vt.stagged, stagging [Brit. Slang] to observe or follow secretly or furtively; spy onvi.☆ to go to a party, etc. as a STAG (sense 3a)——————☆ go stag Informal1. to go as a STAG (sense 3a)2. to go unescorted by a man
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.