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frig.

To masturbate.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɹɪɡ/
  1. To masturbate.

    ambitransitive · slang
    She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
  2. To fuck; to have sex.

    ambitransitive · euphemistic · mildly · slang · vulgar
    Come on, honey, let’s frig.
  3. To mess or muck usually with about or around'.

    intransitive · slang
    Be sensible; you’re just frigging about now.
  4. To break.

    Where’s you get this ladder from? It’s frigged!
  5. To make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate.

    ambitransitive · slang
    The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
Where this word comes from

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”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). 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”).

noun/fɹɪɡ/
  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.

    euphemistic · mildly · slang · vulgar
    I don’t give a frig!
Where this word comes from

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”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). 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”).

noun/fɹɪd͡ʒ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Dated spelling of fridge.

Where this word comes from

See fridge.

intj/fɹɪɡ/
  1. Euphemistic form of fuck

    euphemistic · form-of
Where this word comes from

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”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). 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”).

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