Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as skeg.

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

  • noun (Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See skeg.

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  • noun nautical Alternative form of skeg.
  • noun slang Alternative spelling of scag. The slang term for heroin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun street names for heroin

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Examples

  • He was jungled up at this flop down the street, him and the rest of the skag dogs who hung in that neck of the woods.

    Stevie Wonder 2010

  • Oh wait it does (and combined with proper treatment programs gets the skag-heads off it more often than not at least for a while), but we have an over-liberal society and government.

    Terrorism is the new Rock ā€˜nā€™ Roll. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Filled up with schitzos and skag freaks, tweakers, parolees, drool cases, pensioned-off old folks, professional students, lower-end wage slaves, a cluster of registered sex fiends on Summit off Howell, unclassified geeks up the ying-yang ā€” the shavings and sweepings of 20th Century life in the city.

    Dry Rot 2010

  • She will no more give up this campaign on her own than a skag freak will give up the needle.

    Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention! 2009

  • These guys running skag and meth and girls into the country are Mobbed up all the way to Mexico City.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • These guys running skag and meth and girls into the country are Mobbed up all the way to Mexico City.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • These guys running skag and meth and girls into the country are Mobbed up all the way to Mexico City.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • So, unless I can come up with something else, I'm going to have to skag the whole lot.

    Boys Don Lewis 2008

  • It came out in 1996 when I was 14 and I wouldn't even have had a clue what skag was.

    The One With The Two Films Of The Books kisobel 2006

  • A wimp for prez a skag to worship and a network to keep you brainwashed.

    Think Progress » Coulter plagiarism charges are being investigated 2006

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  • The Prince of Caledonia, he drives a diesel van,

    and he peddles skag in Hamilton:

    he's the reality man, reality man!

    - The Fatima Mansions, You Won't Get Me Home

    August 30, 2008