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frig

Pronunciation: /fɹɪɡ/

The English word “frig” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To masturbate.
  2. To fuck; to have sex.
  3. To mess or muck usually with about or around'.
  4. To break.
  5. To make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate.

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).
  3. A fuck.
  4. Dated spelling of fridge.

Etymology

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…

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