noun
(US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
(UK, Ireland, colloquial) A cigarette.
(UK, Ireland, obsolete, colloquial) The worst part or end of a thing.
noun
(UK, Ireland, colloquial, now rare) A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
(UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
verb
(transitive, colloquial, used mainly in passive form, now rare) To make exhausted, tired out.
(intransitive, colloquial, now rare) To droop; to tire.
(intransitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) Of a younger student, to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
(transitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
(intransitive, UK, Ireland, now rare) To work hard, especially on menial chores.
noun
(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
(US, vulgar, derogatory, offensive) An annoying person.