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(key): /fɹɪɡ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Verb
frig (third-person singular simple present frigs, present participle frigging, simple past and past participle frigged)
- (intransitive, obsolete) to fidget, wriggle around
- Will you sit down and stop frigging around.
- (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."
- (transitive, intransitive, euphemistic) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
- Come on honey, let’s frig.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin, OCLC 17841394, page 113:
- Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
- (intransitive) to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
- Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.
- (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.
Synonyms
- (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
Derived terms
- frigger
- frigging
- frig off
Translations
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Noun
frig (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
See fridge.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪdʒ
- Homophone: fridge
Noun
frig (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."
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Anagrams
- grif
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.
Alternative forms
- frigu
Noun
frig n (plural friguri)
- cold, coldness
Related terms
- frigã
- friguros
- nfriguredz
See also
- arcoari
- aratsi
- dzer
Etymology 2
From Latin frīgō. Compare Romanian frige, frig.
Alternative forms
- frigu
Verb
frig (past participle) (third-person singular present indicative fridzi / fridze, past participle friptã)
- I roast, grill.
Related terms
- fridziri / fridzire
- friptu
- fripshu
- fripturã
Cornish
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [friːɡ]
Noun
frig m (dual dewfrik, plural frigow)
- nostril
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin frigus.
Noun
frig
- cold
See also
- ratsi
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin frīgus (“cold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.
Noun
frig n (plural friguri)
- cold, frigidity
- (in the plural, popular variant frigură) fever, chill
Declension
singular | 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 |
Synonyms
- (cold): răcoare
- (fever): febră
Antonyms
- (warmth): căldură
Related terms
- friguros
See also
- ger
- rece
Verb
frig
- inflection of frige:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural present indicative
Welsh
Noun
frig
- Soft mutation of brig.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brig | frig | mrig | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |