Shag, or Shagged, or Shagger, or Shagging, or Shags may refer to:

Animals

* Shag or

cormorant Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the IOC adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven ge ...

, a bird family **

European shag The European shag or common shag (''Gulosus aristotelis'') is a species of cormorant. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Gulosus''. It breeds around the rocky coasts of western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and north Africa, mai ...

, a specific species of the shag or cormorant family **

Great cormorant The great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo''), known as the black shag in New Zealand and formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a w ...

another species of the family

People

Pseudonym

Shag (artist) Josh Agle (born August 31, 1962) is an American artist, better known by the nickname Shag. Biography Josh Agle was born August 31, 1962, the first of nine children in Sierra Madre, California. He spent his early childhood in Hawaii, and later mo ...

, stage name of the American artist Josh Agle (born 1962) * Shag, a name used on some pop records in the early 1970s by British record producer

Jonathan King Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King; 6 December 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, ...

* Shags Horan (1895-1969), American baseball player

Name

Shag (name) Shag is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Avraham-Haim Shag (1883–1958), Israeli politician *Shag Thomas Shag Thomas (born James Thomas, August 11, 1924 – July 25, 1982) was an American professional ...

Shag Thomas Shag Thomas (born James Thomas, August 11, 1924 – July 25, 1982) was an American professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the few African-American wrestlers of his day. Football career Thomas was a 1942 graduate o ...

(1924–1982), American professional wrestler **

Avraham-Haim Shag Avraham-Haim Shag ( he, אברהם-חיים שאג, born Avraham-Haim Zwebner on 17 July 1883, died 6 December 1958) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives and the Knesset. Biography Born in Jerusalem ...

(1883–1958), Israeli politician

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* The Shag, also known as The Shags (one of many bands of that name) or Shag, a 1960s garage and psychedelic rock band from Milwaukee * The Shags (Connecticut band), a 1960s rock band from Connecticut

Dance

Carolina shag The Carolina shag is a partner dance done primarily to beach music (100-130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time signature). Today, the shag is a recognized dance in national and international dance competitions. Technique The basic step in Carolina Sh ...

, a swing dance that originated in South Carolina in the 1940s and still is their state dance *

Collegiate shag The Collegiate Shag (or "Shag") is a partner dance done primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music (185-250+ beats per minute). It belongs to the swing family of American vernacular dances that arose in the 1920s and 30s. It is believed ...

, a swing dance that originated in the 1920s (popular in the 1930s and 40s) *

St. Louis shag St. Louis shag is a swing dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag and Charleston. It is a fast, closed position dance that is usually done to stomp, jump, and boogie-woogie music. St. Louis Shag is a territory swing dance which ...

, a swing dance that evolved from the Charleston

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Shag'' (film), a 1989 film * Shag, a fictitious character from ''

Road Rovers ''Road Rovers'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that premiered on Kids' WB on September 7, 1996, and ended after one season on February 22, 1997. It was later shown on Cartoon Network from February 7 ...

Other uses

Shag (fabric) A shag is a heavy long piled worsted textile. In the 17th century, the term was also used to refer to inferior silk material. References External links A Brief History of the Shag Rug��Carini NYC (20 August 2015) 1970s fads and trends ...

, a fabric typically used to make deep-pile carpets *

Shag (hairstyle) A shag cut is a hairstyle that has been layered to various lengths. It was created by the barber Paul McGregor. The layers are often feathered at the top and sides. The layers make the hair full around the crown, and the hair thins to fringes aro ...

Shag (tobacco) Shag, also known as rolling tobacco or loose tobacco is fine-cut tobacco, used to make self-made cigarettes by hand rolling the tobacco into rolling paper or injecting it into filter tubes. It got its name from the finely cut strands appearing ...

, fine-cut tobacco * Shag, a British slang term for sexual intercourse * Shag, a party and fundraiser for an engaged couple, also known as a

stag and doe A stag and doe party, stag and drag party, hen and stag party, buck and doe party, a jack and jill party, or a wedding social is a Canadian party and fundraiser for an engaged couple. Canada A cultural event in Canada, popular mostly in Manitob ...

Shagger (bruise) A hickey, hickie or love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by kissing or sucking skin, usually on the neck, arm, or earlobe. While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superfic ...

, a temporary bruise caused by kissing, sucking, or biting the skin forcefully enough to burst blood vessels beneath the skin *

Shagging (baseball) In baseball, shagging is the act of catching fly balls in the outfield outside the context of an actual baseball game. This is most commonly done by pitchers during batting practice before a game, where they assist their hitting teammates by catc ...

, to catch fly balls in baseball outside a game * Ball shagger or shag, fabric for the cleaning of golf balls