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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
Verb
frig (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.
- (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.
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Derived terms
Translations
to mess about or muck about
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
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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Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.
Alternative forms
Noun
frig n (plural friguri)
- cold, coldness
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Etymology 2
From Latin frīgō. Compare Romanian frige, frig.
Alternative forms
Verb
frig first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative fridzi or fridze, past participle friptã)
- to roast, grill
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Cornish
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key):
Noun
frig m (dual dewfrik, plural frigow)
- nostril
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin frigus.
Noun
frig
- cold
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Romanian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin frīgus (“cold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.
Noun
frig n (plural friguri)
- cold, frigidity
- Synonym: răcoare
- (in the plural, popular variant frigură) fever, chill
- Synonym: febră
Declension
Antonyms
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Etymology 2
Verb
frig
- inflection of frige:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural present indicative
Welsh
Noun
frig
- Soft mutation of brig.
Mutation