Frig

Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪɡ/Rhymes: -ɪɡ

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").

Full definition of frig

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle aroundWill you sit down and stop frigging around.
2. (ambitransitive) to masturbateShe never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
• 1880, anonymous, 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. (ambitransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)Come on honey, let’s frig.
• 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, , page 113Not 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. (ambitransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulateThe system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.

Derived terms

• frigger

Noun

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 fuckI don’t give a frig!

Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪdÊ’/Rhymes: -ɪdÊ’

Abbreviation.

Noun

1. a fridge