fagging Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
    fag.
  2. verb work hard
    moil; travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
    • She was digging away at her math homework
    • Lexicographers drudge all day long
  3. verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
    wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; weary; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
    • We wore ourselves out on this hike

WordNet


Fag"ging noun
Definitions
  1. Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.

Webster 1913