different between frig vs frug

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English fr?ogan, fr?gan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), fr?ge (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

• IPA^(key): /f???/

• Rhymes: -??

Verb

frig (third-person singular simple present frigs, present participle frigging, simple past and past participle frigged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around

2. (transitive, intransitive) to masturbate
3. (transitive, intransitive, euphemistic) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
4. (intransitive) to mess or muck (about, around etc.)

5. (transitive, intransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate

Synonyms

• (to masturbate): fap, pleasure oneself; see also Thesaurus:masturbate
• (to fuck): eff, feck, frack, frak; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to mess, muck): fiddle around, fool around, fuck around
• (to make a temporary alteration): bodge, patch; see also Thesaurus:kludge

Derived terms

• frigger
• frigging
• frig off

Translations

Noun

frig (plural frigs)

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. (euphemistic) A fuck.

Etymology 2

See fridge.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /f??d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?
• Homophone: fridge

Noun

frig (plural friges)

1. Dated spelling of fridge.

Anagrams

• grif

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin fr?gus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.

Alternative forms

• frigu

Noun

frig n (plural friguri)

1. cold, coldness

Related terms

• frigã
• friguros
• nfriguredz

See also

• arcoari
• aratsi
• dzer

Etymology 2

From Latin fr?g?. Compare Romanian frige, frig.

Alternative forms

• frigu

Verb

frig (past participle) (third-person singular present indicative fridzi / fridze, past participle friptã)

1. I roast, grill.

Related terms

• fridziri / fridzire
• friptu
• fripshu
• fripturã

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [fri??]

Noun

frig m (dual dewfrik, plural frigow)

1. nostril

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin fr?gus (“cold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Noun

frig n (plural friguri)

1. cold, frigidity
2. (in the plural, popular variant frigur?) fever, chill

Declension

Synonyms

• (cold): r?coare
• (fever): febr?

Antonyms

• (warmth): c?ldur?

Related terms

• friguros

See also

• ger
• rece

Etymology 2

Verb

frig

1. first-person singular present indicative of frige
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of frige
3. third-person plural present indicative of frige

Welsh

Noun

frig

1. Soft mutation of brig.

Mutation

English

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to frig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???/

Noun

frug (plural frugs)

1. (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.

Verb

frug (third-person singular simple present frugs, present participle frugging, simple past and past participle frugged)

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

German

Verb

frug

1. first/third-person singular preterite of fragen