frig
/fɹɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To break.
Example Sentences
- "She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library."
- "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.""
- "Come on, honey, let’s frig."
- "Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too."
- "Be sensible; you’re just frigging about now."
- "Where’s you get this ladder from? It’s frigged!"
Etymology
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”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: friggen, *frygian, frikien, frician
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɹɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /fɹɪd͡ʒ/