frig

English

Etymology 1

From 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”). 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

• IPA: /frɪɡ/

  Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

frig (third-person singular simple present frigs, present participle frigging, simple past and past participle frigged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around

   Will you sit down and stop frigging around.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to masturbate

   She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.

   • 1880, anonymous, 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."

3. (transitive, intransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)

   Come on honey, let’s frig.

   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, page 113

     Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.

4. (intransitive) to mess or muck (about, around etc.)

   Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.

5. (transitive, intransitive) 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.

Translations

to fidget, to wriggle around

to masturbate

• Afrikaans: draadtrek

• Finnish: masturboida (fi)

to fuck

• Afrikaans: naai
• Finnish: nussia (fi), naida (fi)

• Italian: Fottere (it)

to mess or muck

Derived terms

• frigger

Noun

frig (plural frigs)

1. an act of frigging
2. 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

3. a fuck

   I don’t give a frig!

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪdʒ/

  Rhymes: -ɪdʒ

Noun

frig (plural frigs)

1. a fridge

Translations

a fridge

• Danish: køleskab (da)
• Finnish: jääkaappi (fi)

• Hungarian: (slang:) frigó (hu)

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.

Noun

frig

1. cold, coldness

Related terms

• frigã
• friguros

See also

• aratse
• dzer
• frigu

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin frīgus (“cold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Noun

frig n (plural friguri)

1. cold, frigidity
2. (in the plural, popular variant frigură) fever, chill

Synonyms

• (cold): răcoare
• (fever): febră

Antonyms

• (cold): căldură

Declension

declension of frig

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un frig	frigul	niște friguri	frigurile
genitive/dative	unui frig	frigului	unor friguri	frigurilor

See also

• ger
• rece

Related terms

• friguros

Etymology 2

Verb

frig

1. first-person singular present tense form of frige.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of frige.
3. third-person plural present tense form of frige.