Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fagging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: fag-ging
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fag

noun

The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We are happy we never had anything to do with faggings and floggings. We can well remember the terrific impression they made on our mind, as our friends were afflicted by them."
"The public schoolboy is taught to bear whippings and faggings without murmuring."

Usage

Inflected Forms

faggings (plural)

Synonyms

faggery

Questions

What does fagging mean?: present participle and gerund of fag

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