Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give a fig

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: give a -fig
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I couldn’t give a fig!"
"For Corinius, who gave not a fig for music or dirges, but liked well of carding and dicing, had brought forth his dice box to play with the son of Corund."
"The railroads owned by U.S. Steel have never given a fig for prestige so long as their owner's ore was hauled to the mills economically."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

gives a fig (present, singular) giving a fig (participle, present) gave a fig (past) given a fig (participle, past)

Synonyms

becare bother care concern oneself heed mind reck trouble oneself worry

Questions

What does give a fig mean?: To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.

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