FAG END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fag end mean? 

• FAG END (noun)
  The noun FAG END has 2 senses:

1. the time of the last part of something

2. the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

  Familiarity information: FAG END used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAG END (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of the last part of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

fag end; tail; tail end

Context example:

the tail of the storm

Hypernyms ("fag end" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fag end" is a kind of...):

end; oddment; remainder; remnant (a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold)