frug

American  

[froog] / frug /

noun

1. a dance deriving from the twist.

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verb (used without object)

frugged, frugging

1. to dance the frug.

Other Word Forms

• frugger noun

Etymology

Origin of frug

First recorded in 1960–65; of unexplained origin; perhaps akin to frig ¹

Example Sentences

Whatever their colorful names – frug, watusi, swim, funky chicken, jerk, on down to the rave, hip-hop, techno – free-form displaced practiced form.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2013

I consider myself lucky to have known, or at least danced the frug in the same disco as, the greats of French fashion.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2013

Luci Johnson, 16, enjoyed her first state party so much that she stopped the dance in a shoulder-shaking demonstration of the frug with Ricky Keaton, 17, son of a Houston electrical contractor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adlai Stevenson, the Maharani of Baroda, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have not progressed much beyond the twist, but Walter Cronkite's variations on the frug are a wonder to behold.

From Time Magazine Archive

Domna, rosa ses espina, sobre totas flors olens, verga seca frug fazens, terra que ses labor grana, estela, del solelh maire, noirissa del vostre paire, el mon nulha no�us semelha ni londana ni vezina.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.