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Sarged vs Sagged - What's the difference?

sarged | sagged |

As verbs the difference between sarged and sagged

is that sarged is past tense of sarge while sagged is past tense of sag.

sarged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sarge)

    • sarge

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from sergeant.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) sergeant
    • Usage notes
    * Like mom, dad, or doctor, Sarge can function either as a title, a simple shortening of "sergeant," or a substitute name for the bearer of that title, e.g. Sarge, a character from the American comic strip .

    Etymology 2

    Coined by Ross Jeffries, after his cat Sarge.

    Verb

  • (seduction community) to go out and engage women]] in order to [[pick up, pick them up
  • * 2010 , Charlotte Allen, The New Dating Game :
    • Jeffries pioneered the coinage of distinctive seduction lingo—his most widely used neologism: “sarging ,” named after his cat Sarge and meaning trolling the bars for desirable women—as well as the use of the Internet.
    English eponyms

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    Noun

    (f)
  • serge
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    sagged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sag)

    • sag

    English

    Etymology 1

    From late (etyl) saggen, probably of Scandinavian/(etyl) origin (compare Norwegian ); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Low German sacken, Dutch zakken.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of sinking or bending; sagging.
  • The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
  • The difference height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

    • Verb

    (sagg)
  • To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
    • A line or cable supported by its ends sags , even if it is tightly drawn.
    The floor of a room sags .
  • To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
    • A building may sag one way or another.
    The door sags on its hinges.
  • (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
  • To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
  • To cause to bend or give way; to load.
  • (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "sag")

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 2003 , Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants (page 173)
    • The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

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