DAG

DAG

DAG is an American sitcom that aired from November 2000 to May 2001 on NBC. It was named after its star, David Alan Grier, who stars as United States Secret Service agent Jerome Daggett. Daggett's name, in turn, is a back-formation. The show also stars Delta Burke as the First Lady of the United States of America.

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dag

Noun

  1. 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.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A skewer.
  2. A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
  3. A dagger; a poniard.
  4. A kind of large pistol.
  5. The unbranched antler of a young deer.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance.

Noun (etymology 5)

  1. A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair <math>(V, E)</math> such that <math>E</math> is a subset of some partial ordering relation on <math>V</math>.

Noun (etymology 6)

  1. A misty shower; dew.

Verb

  1. To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
  2. To daggle or bemire.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
  2. To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To be misty; to drizzle.

Interjection

  1. Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.


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