English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɪɡ/

  Rhymes: -ɪɡ

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

   Will you sit down and stop frigging around.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to ****

   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) to **** (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.

Translations

Derived terms

• frigger
• frigging

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)

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

3. a ****

   I don’t give a frig!

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɪdʒ/

  Rhymes: -ɪdʒ

Noun

frig ‎(plural friges)

1. a fridge

Translations

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin frīgus. 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 frīgō. Compare Daco-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): [friːg]

Noun

frig m ‎(dual dewfrik, plural frigow)

1. nostril

Romanian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

frig n ‎(plural friguri)

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

Synonyms

• (cold): răcoare
• (fever): febră

Antonyms

• (warmth): căldură

Declension

See also

• ger
• rece

Related terms

• friguros

Etymology 2

Verb

frig

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

Welsh

Noun

frig

1. Soft mutation of brig.