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Figged vs Frigged - What's the difference?

figged | frigged |

As verbs the difference between figged and frigged

is that figged is (fig) while frigged is (frig).

figged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fig)

    • 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)
  • 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
    • I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
    Derived terms
    * caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a fig

    Verb

    (figg)
  • (obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
  • (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)

    External links

    * ("fig" on Wikipedia) * (pedia) * (Ficus)

    Etymology 2

    Variation of fike.

    Verb

    (figg)
  • To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

    • Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)

    • References

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    frigged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frig)

    • frig

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l). Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around
    • Will you sit down and stop frigging around.
  • (ambitransitive) to masturbate
    • She 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."
  • (ambitransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
    • Come on honey, let’s frig .
  • * 1988 , , page 113
    • Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
  • to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
    • Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.
  • (ambitransitive) 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.
    Derived terms
    * frigger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • a fuck
    • I don’t give a frig !

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.English abbreviations

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fridge