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CAG¹
noun CAGs
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- Initialism of coronary artery graft.coronary artery graft
- The nucleobase coding triplet cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G).
- Initialism of context-augmented generation.context-augmented generation
proper noun
- Initialism of Church of Almighty God, a neo-Christian movement in China.Church of Almighty God
cag²
Where it comes from
From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.
noun cags
- A keg.
cag³
Where it comes from
Shortening.
noun cags
- Clipping of cagoule.cagoule
cag⁴
Where it comes from
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.
noun cags · kag · kyag
- A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
- The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
- An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
cag⁵
Where it comes from
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 cags · cagging · cagged
- To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve. If a little petulance be discovered in SPRING's printed reply, perhaps it was cagged out of him by the very unceremonious manner of approach adopted by Langan and Reynolds […]
- To chatter, gossip.
