frig v.
1. to have sexual intercourse.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Why Come Ye Nat to Courte? line 224: He foynes and he frygges; Spareth neither mayde ne wyfe. | |
| Worlde of Wordes n.p.: Frottare [...] Also to rub or claw or frig. | |
| ‘Why Do You Trifle?’ in Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) V 8: No child is fonder of the Gig / Than I to dance a merry jig; / Faine would I try how I could (frig) / Up and downe, up and downe, up and downe. | |
| ‘Praise of cleane Linnen’ Works II 170: Captaine named Catso, descended from the Royall house of Frigus the first King of the Fridgians. | |
| (trans.) Martiall his Epigrams XI No. 82 108: An Eunuch and an old man strove to lye With Aegle, but twixt both she still lay dry, One wanted meanes the other strength to frig, So either’s labor itch’d without a Iig. | |
| ‘Iter Occidentale’ Harleian Mss. 7319.20: Enrag’d he then with double Fist do’s F--gg her. | |
| ‘Session of Ladies’ in Court Satires of the Restoration (1976) 209: His prick to a courtesan never yet stood, / Who is fucked by her black and frigged by her valet. | |
| Ladies Complaint in Lansdowne Ms. 852.279: In Closet shut Close [...] He’s fr-ing his Pages or Picking his Nose. | |
| in Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 124: O! how they do frig it, / Jump it and Jigg it, / Under the Green-wood Tree. | |
| ‘The Wager’ in Flash Minstrel! in Spedding & Watt (eds) Bawdy Songbooks (2011) I 98: D—n it , marm, you’ve frigg’d me out of my five bob! | |
| ‘A Parody’ in Rakish Rhymer (1917) 111: He must follow up the fashion, / And frig me night and day. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Limerick (1953) 60: There was a strong man of Drumrig / Who one day did seven times frig. / He buggered three sailors, / Four Jews and two tailors, / And ended by fucking a pig. | |
| ‘La Rose d’Amour’ in Pearl 14 Aug. 10: Fourteen times did those men frig the women under them, changing women every now and then. | |
| Crissie 76: Friggaballerini — ‘Old Frigemall’ [...] as the Pandora girls call him. | |
| Mint (1955) 131: ‘How did it sound to you, Sergeant Evans?’ ‘If you ask me, Sir, [...] like a pack of skeletons frigging on a tin roof.’. | |
| in Letter from My Father (1978) 418: She let me ‘frig’ her in her ass hole. | |
| Nightmare Alley (1947) 228: The dame and the old guy can be together for ever, frigging like rabbits. | |
| Night to Make the Angels Weep (1967) II xvi: You see a lawyer, mate, and the governor will have you for trespassin’, loitering, and frigging, frigging, wife-not-satisfying ... | |
| Campus Sl. Mar. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Tax Inspector (1992) 44: He turned and walked [...] wiggling his butt like a frigging tom cat. | |
| (con. 1960s) Never a Normal Man 330: Was it punishment for coming on him when he was frigging the nanny-goat behind the hedge? |
2. to masturbate.
| Worlde of Wordes n.p.: Fregare, to rub, to frigle, to frigge, to claw, to fret. | |
| Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Bransler la pique. To frig, to wrigle it. | |
 | Ex Otio 100: Frig not thy self with thy lascivious fist. | |
| ‘Lampoon’ in Court Satires of the Restoration (1976) 21: But now she must travel abroad / And be forced to frig with the nuns. | |
| ‘A Ramble in St. James’s Park’ in Works of Rochester (1721) 79: Poor pensive Lover in this Place, / Wou’d frig upon his Mother’s Face. | |
| ‘Historical Ballad’ in Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) V 21: Her maidenhead never was gotten by man, She frigg’d it away in the womb of her damm. | |
| ‘On Several Women about Town’ in Court Satires of the Restoration (1976) 33: There was a bouncing widow with a patch on her nose, / Who loves fucking better the older she grows, / And has learned of the Tartar to frig with her toes. | |
| (trans.) of Meursius ‘The Delights of Venus’ in Cabinet of Love (1739) 189: All Night she thinks on Man, both toils and sweats, / And dreaming frigs, and spends upon the Sheets. | |
| Homer in a nut-shell 64: Then look’d for Nelly; in a Garret / She found her f-gg-g with a Carrot; / With many a Finger-f-k-g Neighbour,/ All groping, just as at a Labour. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | ‘On Mris. F-----n’ in Poems (1752) 83: So to a House of Office streight / A School-Boy does repair, / To ease his Postern of its Weight, / And fr-- his P---- there. | |
| ‘Frigging’ in (1979) 90: Other frig when swelling prick dothe rise. | |
| Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Frig, to be guilty of the crime of self pollution. | |
| Whore’s Catechism [trans.] 86: When a gentleman wishes to see a girl frig herself with a dildoe. | |
| New Epicurean 11: I frigged and kissed their fragrant cunnies. I gamahuched them. | |
| Pearl 3 Sept. 30: There was an Old Man of the Mountain / Who frigged himself into a fountain. | |
| Sins of the Cities of the Plain 14: He was gently frigging himself as he spoke, and had a glorious stand by the time he had finished. | |
| Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 139: Foutre en main = to masturbate; ‘to frig’ or ‘finger-fuck’. | |
| Forbidden Fruit n.p.: She would permit me every familiarity but the one thing. We Frigged, Sucked, and enjoyed every other pleasure. | |
| Nocturnal Meeting 67: [He] frigged his cock furiously with his fingers. | |
| Memoirs of Madge Buford 17: In a frenzy of feverish lust, I frigged myself until I fell asleep. | |
| in Limerick (1953) 105: To fuck and to bugger is pain / But it’s not infra dig / On occasion to frig. | |
| in Limerick (1953) 268: There was a young lady named May / Who frigged herself in the hay. | |
| Good Ship Venus in (1979) 100: They started frigging against the rigging / For want of better places. | |
| in Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) II 689: It would pain you to the heart / To see those bulldogs frig and fart. | |
| Limericks 22: But it’s not infra dig / To occasionally frig. | |
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| (con. 1940s–60s) ‘The Good Ship Venus’ in Snatches and Lays 87: We bashed his cock with a lump of rock, for friggin’ in the riggin’. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | (con. 1940s) Sinking of the Kenbane Head 103: ‘Away and frig yourself, Corporal,’ I said. |
3. to masturbate another person.
| J. Howell in (1969) 197: And lest her sire should not thrust alone / She frigged her father in her mother’s womb . | |
| ‘The Ladies’ March’ in Court Satires of the Restoration (1976) 57: Mazarin for St. Peter’s glory / Frigs King Charles and fucks with Lory. [Ibid.] ‘Session of Ladies’ 209: His prick to a courtesan never yet stood, / Who is fucked by her black and frigged by her valet. | |
| ‘Venus School-Mistress’ in Pettit & Spedding 18C British Erotica III (2004) 47: I often whipped her for pleasure, and even frigged her. | |
| Whore’s Catechism [trans.] 82: Some [clients] are frigged by one woman while another flogs them. | |
| Phoebe Kissagen 39: What shall we do? said Chloe, shall we frig, or shall we gamahuche? | |
| ‘Sub-Umbra, or Sport among the She-Noodles’ in Pearl 7 Jan. 4: I actually got possession of her cunny [...] and soon began to frig her gently with my forefinger. | |
| ‘Experiences of a Cunt Philosopher’ in Randiana 24: ’Tis better frigging with one’s toe, Than never to have frigged at all. | |
| Town-Bull 16: So excited was our hostess that she spent in the frigging hand of Mrs Virtue. | |
| letter 3 Dec. to Nora Barnacle in Ellman Sel. Letters (1975) 183: Did you ever frig him [...] or anyone else? | |
| Nubile Treat 🌐 He ass-humped her like a maniac, frigging away at her clit. | |
| Tattoo of a Naked Lady 270: I frigged her clit and rammed for ten minutes more. | |
| Ten Storey Love Song 30: Angelo frigs her beautifully with two fingers. |
4. to trifle or fool around (with), to waste time; thus frig about
| Homer Travestie (1764) I 121: Holo, cry others, don’t stand *****, / But bear a hand, and mend the rigging. | |
| , , | | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
| Lex. Balatronicum. | |
| (con. 1944) Gallery (1948) 278: Is it ... rough ... here? he asked, untying his shoelaces and frigging with the buckles on his boots. | |
| Christine 419: You don’t want to frig with me. | |
| (con. WW2) Heart of Oak [ebook] Still, I don’t know about the navy. [...] not so much bleeding discipline and frigging about over things that don’t matter a fiddler’s fart, see? |
5. to cheat.
| ‘Kansas University Sl.’ in AS III:3 219: He frigged me out of the last bottle of Scotch! | |
| World to Win 208: They’ll last about as long as a fart in a whirlwind, and they’ll frig themselves and ever’body else out of a job. | |
| letter 16 Mar. in Crowther Don’t Tread on Me (1987) 60: I don’t use a literary agent, but I probably should, because I have been frigged time and again by publishers. |
6. a euph. for fuck v. (3); thus excl. frig it! frig you!
| Nightmare Alley (1947) 20: Frig him, the Bible-spouting bastard. | |
| Tomboy (1952) 161: Frig her [...] She’s just the same as all the rest of them. | |
| Golden Spike 138: Frig it, where’s the water? | |
| Hoodlums (2021) 100: The next thing I know she’s gone. So I figure frig her. | |
| Boss of Britain’s Underworld 21: If you can’t fight you’ll be well frigged. If you don’t know the meaning of the word frigged, then go and ask a sailor. | |
| Imabelle 107: If it was up to me, I’d leave him lay, and frig the cops. | |
| (con. WWII) And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 325: Frig it! If the man is going to get me, he’ll get me. | |
| Rage in Harlem (1969) 108: [as 1957] . | |
| Essential Lenny Bruce 18: Ah, frig it, I’m not going in those houses. | |
| ‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxiv 4/5: frigged: Tired, had it. | |
| ‘Sunrise at Midnight’ in Fireworks (1988) 174: Omite the aspirate h which is frigging the frammis. | |
| The Spy Who Came... 97: ‘Lay off the whole Kitler deal, frig it’. | |
| Donkey’s Years 68: Frig the fecker. | |
| (con. 1979–80) Brixton Rock (2004) 203: I will have a chance to frig him up on the way there. | |
| OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. 🌐 frig n. polite way of saying ‘fuck’; e.g. ‘Friggin’ ’ell!!’. |
7. to perform lesbian sex, where the genitals are rubbed together.
| Filth 23: Two hoors are having a good licking and frigging session. |
In derivatives
(Aus.) exhausted, i.e. fucked adj.1 (1)
| (con. 1959) Up the Cross 165: He was absolutely frigged. | |
| Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 147: ‘Ajax was just plain frigged today, I reckon. Too long without a rest’. |
sexy.
| Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 123: Now them old broads will come in, in them old friggish teddies, and start doin’ the mess around— / that’s the jive in the landladies con game to tear your bankroll down. | |
| Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 136: You light up a stick of tea and you both get high, / then you both get friggish and then you pull off every stitch. |
In compounds
a degenerate, a seducer.
| Black Book in Works (2007) 212/2: Pierce was never so penniless as poor Lieutenant Frig-beard. [Ibid.] 215/2: I constitute and ordain Lieutenant Frig-beard, Archpander of England, my sole heir of all such lands, closes, and gaps as lie within the bounds of my gift. | |
| (trans.) Pantagruelian Prognostications (1927) II 693: Those who are under Mars, as hangmen [...] shavers, and frig-beards. |
a fussy, trifling person.
| Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Frig-Pig, a Trifling, Fiddle faddle fellow. | |
| , | | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn). |
| Lex. Balatronicum. |
In phrases
to trifle, to waste time, to fool around.
| Handful of Ausseys 110: ‘How’re things?’ ‘Up to — no blanky bon, diggers; this messing round and friggin’ about with the blanky pack-up. | |
| Banjo 241: Don’t think I like frigging round officials. I hate it. | |
| Spring in Tartarus 213: I’d have lost my soul frigging about in an office. | |
| None But the Lonely Heart 97: Time he’d had a go down there, and poked a couple of brushes up, and frigged about a bit, I couldn’t hardly keep me mitts off of him. | |
| Rusty Bugles I vi: After they frigged me around for so long I got home the day after the funeral. | |
| On the Waterfront (1964) 15: I worked too hard for what I got to frig around with a cheese-eater. | |
| (con. WWII) Dark Sea Running 11: A ship is full of machinery that can chop you in half if you frig around with it. | |
| With Hooves of Brass 116: ‘All right. Don’t frig about. Get on with the job,’ he ordered roughly. | |
| (con. WWII) Soldier Erect 79: After some frigging around with the pressel-switch [...] he spoke to Blue Spot. | |
| Scully 73: Me sons’ll be out lookin’ for me, they’re all big lads. I’ll tell them y’frigged me about. | |
| Grease 174: They know better than to frig around with us. | |
| Holden’s Performance (1989) 296: Follow me and no frigging about. | |
| (con. 1945) Touch and Go 35: Before the war he had frigged me about from arsehole to breakfast time. | |
| Age (Melbourne) 22 Jan. 148/4: I frigged around with matches trying to find something to write with. | |
| (con. 1981) East of Acre Lane 4: Don’t frig about, Chaks. |
1. to masturbate, oneself or another.
| Glue 39: Ah’m [...] wonderin if the dirty cunt that made the name up wis ivir thinkin aboot some bird eh wis friggin oaf. |
2. to leave, to go away.
| Rusty Bugles I iv: If I was married to Mac I’d have frigged off long ago. | |
| Scully 171: Now I know why me dad frigged off. |
see separate entries.
In exclamations
a euph. for fuck off! excl.
| ‘Hardly Ever’ On the Yankee Station (1982) 42: ‘Frig off, Holland,’ the boy said tonelessly. | |
| (con. 1945) Touch and Go 87: Hey, frig off, Hughie. |
a semi-euph. synon. for fuck you! excl.
| An Act of Love 430: And furthermore, frig you, too, Captain. | |
| Peyton Place (1959) 307: ‘Frig you,’ said Kenny hostilely. | |
| Burn, Killer, Burn! 69: Frig you! Frig you! Frig you! | |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 139: ‘Give us the key and we’ll strike off the murder.’ Deke looke up at him as though from a great distance. [...] ‘Frig you,’ he said. | |
| Operant Control of Behavior n.p.: ‘Frig you, Mr. Daddy...’ Rick’s hand lashed out, slapping West squarely across the mouth. | |
| Confessions of Proinsias O’Toole 55: Frig you and your stinking drawers! | |
| Forever Green 97: Frig you man, I ain’t callin’ nobody! [...] Frig yer mother too. | |
| Church on the World’s Turf 16: It’s so obvious what you really mean when you say ‘Frig you, man.’ Why don’t you just say it? |
a general excl. of dismissal.
| Dead End Act III: Ah, go frig! | |
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