frigging

[ frig-ing, -ing ]

/ ˈfrɪg ɪŋ, -ɪn /

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adjective, adverb Slang.

(used as an intensifier): People walking in the middle of the frigging street are going to get honked at.

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Also frig·gin’, frig·gin

[frig-in] /ˈfrɪg ɪn/ .

Origin of frigging

First recorded in 1560–70; frig¹ + -ing²; euphemistically echoing fucking

Words nearby frigging

frig, frigate, frigate bird, frigate mackerel, Frigg, frigging, fright, frighten, frightened, frightener, frightful

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How to use frigging in a sentence

“The International Space Station is a frigging United Nations in orbit in a tin can,” Head says.
Artemis I finally launched. Here’s what it means for human spaceflight|Liz Kruesi|November 16, 2022|Science News
Baby in a crib, cozy and drowsy, his fancy ecosophical thoughts hushed by the lullabye of a leaf-rustling breeze—check-a-frigging-roo!
On Sleeping in the Largest Organism on Earth|Leath Tonino|November 19, 2020|Outside Online
“Every candidate we endorse puts our logo front and frigging center,” he said.
Bill de Blasio Mayoral Win Signals Working Families Party Ascendancy|David Freedlander|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All of this would be OK with me; I just took the frigging recertification test in my field and I hated every minute of it.
The Biggest Rand Paul Outrage Yet|Kent Sepkowitz|June 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Frigging Florida labor laws meant that you had to give cost-of-living raises every year, and it added up.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for frigging

frigging

/ (ˈfrɪɡɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb (prenominal)

slang (intensifier)it's only a frigging game; frigging hopeless

Word Origin for frigging

C20: euphemism for fucking

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