bird dog vs stag

bird dog

verb
  • To watch closely. 

  • A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors. 

  • To seek out. 

noun
  • A dog, especially a pointer, used in shooting to retrieve the dead birds. 

  • A tout. 

  • A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee. 

  • A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner 

  • A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps). 

  • A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted. 

stag

verb
  • To watch; to dog, or keep track of. 

  • To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks. 

noun
  • An adult male deer. 

  • An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. 

  • Guard duty. 

  • One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. 

  • An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event. 

  • A stag beetle (family Lucanidae). 

  • A colt, or filly. 

  • A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser. 

  • The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. 

  • An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox). 

adv
  • Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date. 

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