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, 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 *

Shags Horan Joseph Patrick "Shags" Horan (September 6, 1895 – February 13, 1969) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Horan played for the New York Yankees in 1924, and he also spent 11 seasons in the minor leagues, winning two batting titles. He was ...

(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 (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 The Shag (originally known as The Shags and later simply as Shag) were an American garage and psychedelic rock band in the 1960s, best known for their 1967 single "Stop and Listen". They were one of numerous bands at the time using the name "The ...

, 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) The Shags were a garage rock band from West Haven, Connecticut, who were active in the mid-1960s, and recorded a number of songs, some at the famed Trod Nossel Studios. They were one of a number of bands at the time to use the moniker, "the Sh ...

, a 1960s rock band from Connecticut

Dance

* Carolina shag, a swing dance that originated in South Carolina in the 1940s and still is their state dance * Collegiate shag, a swing dance that originated in the 1920s (popular in the 1930s and 40s) *

St. Louis shag St. Louis shag is a Swing (dance), swing dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag and Charleston (dance), Charleston. It is a fast, closed position dance that is usually done to Stomp (music), stomp, Jump (music), jump, and Boogie-wo ...

, 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''

Other uses

Shag (fabric) A shag is a heavy long piled worsted textile Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referr ...

, 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), fine-cut tobacco * Shag, a British slang term for

sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...

* Shag, a party and fundraiser for an engaged couple, also known as a stag and doe *

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 superfici ...

, 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 catch ...

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