ag

Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.

Interjection

  1. Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
    • Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee - 1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”:
    • ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’ - 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88:
    • Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out. - 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of...

Origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

Derived

ag man

Noun business, construction

  1. Clipping of aggregate (“small rocks mixed into concrete”).
    • The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.
    • If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.

Origin

Clipping of aggregate.

Forms

ags

Noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Clipping of agriculture.
    • He got his degree from the state ag college.
    • My class is over on ag campus.
    • Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […] - 2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014...

Origin

Clipping of agriculture or agricultural.

Forms

ags

Related

agri- Big Ag

Derived

ag-gag ag pipe

Noun alt of

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Forms

ags