frig

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”).

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪɡ/

  Rhymes: -ɪɡ

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

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

   Will you sit down and stop frigging around.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to masturbate

   She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.

   • 1880, anonymous, The Pearl

     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. (transitive, intransitive, euphemistic) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)

   Come on honey, let’s frig.

   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, page 113

     Not 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. (transitive, intransitive) 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.

• frigger
• frigging
• frig off

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)

   I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now

3. (euphemistic) a fuck

   I don’t give a frig!

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪdʒ/

  Rhymes: -ɪdʒ

frig (plural friges)

1. Misspelling of fridge, influenced by refrigerator.
2. (Britain, slang) An insulated bin, box or cabinet used to keep food or beverages cold.

   I often store beverages in my frig to keep them cold.

• fridge
• refrigerator
• cooler

From Latin frīgus. Compare Daco-Romanian frig.

• frigu

frig n (plural friguri)

1. cold, coldness

• frigã
• friguros
• nfriguredz

• arcoari
• aratsi
• dzer

From Latin frīgō. Compare Daco-Romanian frige, frig.

• frigu

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

1. I roast, grill.

• fridziri / fridzire
• friptu
• fripshu
• fripturã

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

frig m (dual dewfrik, plural frigow)

1. nostril

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

frig n (plural friguri)

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

• (cold): răcoare
• (fever): febră

• (warmth): căldură

• friguros

• ger
• rece

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

frig

1. Soft mutation of brig.