frigging
adjective and adverb (frigging — slang intensifier, UK, Ireland, US); verb form (frig, frigs, frigged, frigging)
Everyday
- (rude slang) a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis: «the frigging car won't start». tree →
- «frig about / frig around» (UK slang, rude) waste time doing silly things. tree →
In the lessons
Rough slang, a little milder than the word it replaces but still considered vulgar by many; heard in arguments and on TV. UK, Ireland, Canada and US. Not for school or polite talk.
Examples
- The frigging car won't start again. tree →
- Stop frigging about and help me. tree →
- It's frigging freezing in here. tree →
- Where's the frigging remote? tree →
- He spent all day frigging around with his bike. tree →
- Who left the frigging gate open? tree →
- Frigging hell, that was loud! tree →
- Teachers count "frigging" as swearing, so don't say it in class. tree →
Note
Trap: stronger and cruder than «flipping» or «freaking»; many adults see it as real swearing. Avoid it. Plain meaning: very, annoying; «frig about» = mess about.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «frigging» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «frigging» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/frigging/