Figged vs Frigged - What's the difference?
figged | frigged |
(fig)
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A small piece of tobacco.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
(frig)
(obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around
(ambitransitive) to masturbate
*1880 , anonymous,
(ambitransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
* 1988 , , page 113
to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
(ambitransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate
an act of frigging
A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed)
a fuck
As verbs the difference between figged and frigged
is that figged is (fig) while frigged is (frig).figged
English
Verb
(head)fig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fige, fygge (also fyke, from (etyl) )Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis , volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100. Another (etyl) root (compare (etyl) ; whence (etyl) sycophant.Noun
(en noun)- I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
Derived terms
* caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a figVerb
(figg)- When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
External links
* ("fig" on Wikipedia) * (pedia) * (Ficus)Etymology 2
Variation of fike.Verb
(figg)Etymology 3
Alternative forms
*References
Anagrams
* ----frigged
English
Verb
(head)frig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l). Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from (etyl) .Verb
(en-verb)- Will you sit down and stop frigging around.
- She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
- 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."
- Come on honey, let’s frig .
- Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
- Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.
- The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
Derived terms
* friggerNoun
(en noun)- I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now
- I don’t give a frig !