<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an adult male deer</li><li>a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman</li><li>stag party</li><li>a domesticated boar or bull castrated after maturation of the sexual organs</li><li>British</li><li>a speculator who buys securities of a new issue in the hope of selling them quickly at a higher price</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>stagged</li><li>stag·ging</li><li>(of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or for men only: a stag dinner</li><li>intended for male audiences and usually pornographic in content: a stag show</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>without a companion or date: to go stag to a dance.</li></ul>