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Yes. The word cag is a Scrabble US word. The word cag is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cag is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3A1G2

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3-letter words (1 found)

CAG,

2-letter words (1 found)

AG,

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Definitions and meaning of cag

cag

Etymology 1

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

Noun

cag (plural cags)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A keg.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

cag (plural cags)

  1. (British, informal) Short for cagoule.

Etymology 3

From English dialect, from Middle English *kagge, perhaps from Old Norse *kagi, *kaggi, from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”). Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”). Possibly from the same root as Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”). Doublet of chag.

Alternative forms

  • kag, kyag

Noun

cag (plural cags)

  1. (dialectal) A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
  2. (dialectal) The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
  3. (dialectal) An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots kag, kagg (“to vex, grieve”). Perhaps from Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), possibly from or related to Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”). Alternatively, perhaps allied with Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”).

Verb

cag (third-person singular simple present cags, present participle cagging, simple past and past participle cagged)

  1. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
  2. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To chatter, gossip.
Derived terms
  • caggy
  • cag-mag
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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Anagrams

  • ACG, AGC, CGA, gac

Mapudungun

Alternative forms

  • chang (Unified Alphabet)

Noun

cag (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) leg
  2. (anatomy) thigh
  3. hook

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Somali

Noun

cag ?

  1. foot

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ɟoŋᴬ (“root”); probably related to Proto-Mien *ndzuŋᴬ (“id”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ca˧˩̤/

Noun

cag

  1. root
    Ntoo muaj cag loj. ― The tree has a big root.

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟɤːkᴰ (“rope; cord”). Cognate with Thai เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak), Lao ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak), Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧅ (tsoek), Tai Dam ꪹꪋꪀ, Shan ၸိူၵ်ႈ (tsōek), Tai Nüa ᥓᥫᥐ (tsoek), Ahom 𑜋𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (chük), Nong Zhuang zowg.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕaːk˧/
  • Tone numbers: cag8
  • Hyphenation: cag

Noun

cag (Sawndip forms 𰫦 or 䋏 or 䌇 or ⿰糹长, 1957–1982 spelling cag)

  1. rope; string; cord
    Synonym: (dialectal) cieg

Derived terms

  • bengcag

Source: wiktionary.org