frig

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.1.3 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 2 Romanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Uncertain, perhaps imitative.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪg/

  Rhymes: -ɪɡ

[edit] Verb

to 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 or intransitive) to masturbate (now especially of a female)

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

3. (transitive) to fuck

   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 or 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.

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[edit] 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!

[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪdʒ/

  Rhymes: -ɪdʒ

[edit] Noun

frig (plural frigs)

1. a fridge

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“‘cold’”).

[edit] Noun

frig n. (plural friguri)

1. cold, frigidity

[edit] Declension