dag vs rough

dag

noun
  • One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd. 

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

  • 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. 

  • A skewer. 

  • A misty shower; dew. 

  • A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire. 

  • The unbranched antler of a young deer. 

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

verb
  • To be misty; to drizzle. 

  • To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation. 

  • To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags 

  • To skewer food, for roasting over a fire 

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

rough

noun
  • A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. 

  • A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming. 

  • A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce. 

  • The unmowed part of a golf course. 

  • The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created. 

  • A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping. 

adv
  • In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. 

verb
  • To render rough; to roughen. 

  • To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes. 

  • To create in an approximate form. 

  • To endure primitive conditions. 

  • To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping. 

  • To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player. 

adj
  • Turbulent. 

  • Crude; unrefined. 

  • Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished. 

  • Difficult; trying. 

  • Violent; not careful or subtle. 

  • Not polished; uncut. 

  • Harsh-tasting. 

  • Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition. 

  • Unwell due to alcohol; hungover. 

  • Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating. 

  • Worn; shabby; weather-beaten. 

  • Not smooth; uneven. 

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