to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often fol. by out )

The long climb fagged us out.

British . to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.

Nautical . to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).

Chiefly British . to work until wearied; work hard

to fag away at French.

British Informal . to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.

Slang . a cigarette.

a fag end, as of cloth.

a rough or defective spot in a woven fabric; blemish; flaw.

Chiefly British . drudgery; toil.

British Informal . a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil.

a drudge.

noun

grub , plodder , slave , drudgery , moil , toil , travail , work

verb

drive , moil , strain , strive , sweat , toil , travail , tug , work , tire out , wear out