Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That form of breakage in which the middle part sinks more than the extremities: opposed to hogging.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. hogging.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.
  • verb Present participle of sag.

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  • adjective hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

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Examples

  • Here they are, still looking great, young and fantastic, and there you are with your skin sagging everywhere.

    David Wygant: Do You Date Age-Appropriately? David Wygant 2010

  • Here they are, still looking great, young and fantastic, and there you are with your skin sagging everywhere.

    David Wygant: Do You Date Age-Appropriately? David Wygant 2010

  • Here they are, still looking great, young and fantastic, and there you are with your skin sagging everywhere.

    David Wygant: Do You Date Age-Appropriately? David Wygant 2010

  • Presi-Dense Busch, with muscles sagging from the mighty and great effort put forth to save New Orleans from the aftermath of the Hurricane and 18 holes of Golf, demanded.

    Think Progress » In his eighth trip 2005

  • And a gray-haired retiree, his skin sagging but his face oddly bright, probably in Shibuya to avail himself of one of the area's well-known sexual services, which he would pay for out of a pension account that he kept hidden from his wife, not realizing that she knew what he was up to and simply didn't care. next »

    Excerpt: Rain Fall by Barry Eisler 2002

  • Avocados ripen at odd times and the tree in Fred's front yard was wet and sagging from a load of fruit.

    Kary B. Mullis - Nobel Lecture 1997

  • That's quite a shocking statistic when you consider that 80% of doctors surveyed, agreed that a specialist sports bra reduces stress on the ligaments and therefore helps delay the long-term sagging of breasts - something we'd all like to avoid, let's face it.

    My Fashion Life Nicky Branagh 2010

  • Partially, so we could talk about pacing — as the expressive industry term sagging in the middle may already have led you to suspect, narratives are more likely to slow there than at either the beginning or the end — but also, as is my wont, to answer a reader’s question.

    Author! Author! » 2010 » July 2010

  • Partially, so we could talk about pacing — as the expressive industry term sagging in the middle may already have led you to suspect, narratives are more likely to slow there than at either the beginning or the end — but also, as is my wont, to answer a reader’s question.

    Author! Author! » Blog Archive » The dreaded Frankenstein manuscript, part XXIII: how much detail is tutu much? 2010

  • You can go to Macy’s n I think or guess that originals might cost like between 30-35 dollars maybe. whts up with the word sagging again n again? lol .haha.jk.

    Ecko Xxl | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

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