A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
"The new memo was signed by D.A.G., confirming that the Deputy Attorney General had approved the investigation."
A skewer.
One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
A misty shower; dew.
Pronunciation spelling of dog.
Initialism of deputy attorney general.
In plain English: A DAG is the number two person in charge of the government's legal department.
"The new dag promised to prioritize consumer protection cases."
Usage: This initialism refers specifically to the Deputy Attorney General, the second-ranking official in a country's justice department; use it when discussing legal or governmental hierarchies. Avoid using "dag" casually as it has no other common meaning.
To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
"The foggy morning caused my glasses to dag slightly, blurring everything outside until I wiped them clean."
To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
To be misty; to drizzle.
In plain English: It means to drizzle or be foggy.
"The fog began to dag over the moor as evening approached."
Usage: Use "dag" to describe a light, misty rain or a drizzling condition, particularly in Scandinavian languages and sometimes adopted in English for stylistic effect. It suggests a gentle, pervasive moisture rather than a heavy downpour.
Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.
"Dag, I can't believe you actually won the lottery!"
The word dag comes from Middle English dagge, likely of Germanic origin. Originally meaning a dangling lock of wool matted with dung, it is related to Dutch words for day or hanging ends.