Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the act of copulation.

1660		implied in frigging merchant
c.1864		parody in Rakish Rhymer (1917) 131: So, if you’re very fond of f—ging, / Examine first her lower rigging—.
1934		in V. Randolph Pissing in the Snow (1988) 388: She was better frigging than the other girl, so he diddled her twice.
1946		in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 181: She learned it in Stone County, Missouri, in the 1890s [...] ‘I got a widder in Carico, / Sent for me ’cause her Maw couldn’t go, / Meat in the smokehouse, fodder in the barn, / A little bit of friggin’ wouldn’ do her any harm’.
1986–7		Maledicta IX 180: They [i.e. necrophiles] call their activities, says ‘Erickson,’ getting some cold comfort, having a stiff one on the rocks, table-topping (elsewhere I collected tablehopping), raiding the icebox, frig frigging, slabbing, etc.

2. masturbation.

1867		Rosa Fielding 70: He it was who initiated me into the mystery of frigging [...] and I used to do my best to show my gratitude by chafing his white cock until the spunk used to fly.
1879		‘Lady Pokingham’ in Pearl 1 July 19: ‘Rub your finger on my crack, just there,’ so she initiated me into the art of frigging in the most tender loving manner.
1888–94		‘Walter’ My Secret Life (1966) I 26: It was intended as a caution against frigging.
1948		in G. Legman Limerick (1953) 15: Of his face she thought not very much, / But then, at the very first touch, / Her attitude shifted— / He was terribly gifted / At frigging and fucking and such.
1970		in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 317: Frigging in the rigging, / Wanking in the planking, / Masturbating in the grating, / ’Cause there’s fuck all else to do.

3. an act of anal copulation.

1881

Sins of the Cities of the Plain 24: My frigging soon brought him to a spend.

4. a beating, lit. or fig.

1952

(con. 1920s) ‘Harry Grey’ Hoods (1953) 90: ‘I’m going to give Nutch a friggin. I’ll have Jake and Pipy work a diamond switch on him.’.