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frig

1 American  
[frig] / frɪg /

verb (used with object)

  • frigs,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • frigged,
    past participle,  past
  • frigging
    present participle
  1. to copulate with.

  2. to take advantage of; victimize.

  3. to masturbate.


verb (used without object)

  • frigs,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • frigged,
    past participle,  past
  • frigging
    present participle
  1. to copulate.

  2. to masturbate.

verb phrase

  1. frig around / about to fool around; waste time.

frig 2 American  
[frij] / frɪdʒ /

noun

Informal.
  1. refrigerator.


frig British  
/ frɪɡ /

verb

  1. to have sexual intercourse (with)

  2. to masturbate

  3. (intr; foll by around, about, etc) to behave foolishly or aimlessly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of frig

1425–75; earlier, to move about restlessly, rub; late Middle English friggen to quiver


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Also, feel free to toss on any microgreens you might have in the frig; they make a nice addition.

From Fox News ● Mar. 27, 2022

Our family ended dinner with a green salad, anything from the frig, dressing of oil, wine vinegar etc.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018

A refrigerator is a fridge; frig is a mild curse word that rhymes with pig.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2015

Gyms are filled, health foods are stocked in the frig and  Google is humming with job prospectors.

From Forbes ● Jan. 2, 2013

In the working man's affluent world of "the telly, the frig and the car," Gaitskell argued, the old slogans had no appeal.

From Time Magazine Archive

I started in this job in “Game of Thrones” and just assumed, “That’s, like, how jobs go. You get invited to the Emmys every year and everyone frigging watches it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Emma Barton, who plays the soap's Honey Mitchell, wrote: "Love you so much, you beautiful, strong, mental, brave lady... You're frigging Ace!!!"

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

“I am always stunned at what we are able to do,” he says, “and it’s frigging awesome.”

From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2022

“He can hit the ball so frigging hard,” Schneider said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2019

“They’re up there acting like frigging woodlands wizards.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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