frig
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”). More at free.
Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fɹɪɡ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Verb
editfrig (third-person singular simple present frigs, present participle frigging, simple past and past participle frigged)
- (slang, transitive, intransitive) To masturbate.
- She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
- 1880, anonymous author, The Pearl:
- There was an old parson of Lundy,
Fell asleep in his vestry on Sunday;
He awoke with a scream,
"What, another wet dream,
This comes of not frigging since Monday."
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To fuck; to have sex.
- Come on, honey, let’s frig.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 113:
- Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
- (intransitive, slang) To mess or muck usually with about or around'.
- Be sensible; you’re just frigging about now.
- To break.
- Where’s you get this ladder from? It’s frigged!
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate.
- The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
Synonyms
edit- (to masturbate): fap, pleasure oneself; see also Thesaurus:masturbate
- (to fuck): eff, feck, frack, frak; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
- (to mess, muck): fiddle around, fool around, fuck around
- (to make a temporary alteration): bodge, patch; see also Thesaurus:kludge
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Noun
editfrig (plural frigs)
- An act of frigging.
- A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed).
- I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now.
- (euphemistic) A fuck.
- I don’t give a frig!
Etymology 2
editSee fridge.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪdʒ
- Homophone: fridge
Noun
editfrig (plural friges)
- Dated spelling of fridge.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 139:
- "Perhaps you prefer beer - there's plenty in the frig."
Anagrams
editAromanian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editfrig n (plural friguri)
Related terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editFrom Latin frīgō. Compare Romanian frige, frig.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editfrig first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative fridzi or fridze, past participle friptã)
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editCornish
editPronunciation
edit- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [friːɡ]
Noun
editFingallian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
editfrig
- dance
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Frig,
- Dance.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
Megleno-Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editfrig
See also
editOld English
editAdjective
editfrīġ
- Alternative form of frēo
Romanian
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin frīgus (“cold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.
Noun
editfrig n (plural friguri)
- cold, frigidity
- Synonym: răcoare
- (in the plural, popular variant frigură) fever, chill
- Synonym: febră
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) frig | frigul | (niște) friguri | frigurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) frig | frigului | (unor) friguri | frigurilor |
vocative | frigule | frigurilor |
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “warmth”): căldură
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editSee also
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editfrig
- inflection of frige:
Welsh
editNoun
editfrig
- Soft mutation of brig.
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