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# frigging

adjective and adverb (frigging — slang intensifier, UK, Ireland, US); verb form (frig, frigs, frigged, frigging)

«frigging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (rude slang) a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis: «the frigging car won't start». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#m1)
2. «frig about / frig around» (UK slang, rude) waste time doing silly things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#m2)

### In the lessons

Rough slang, a little milder than the word it replaces but still considered vulgar by many; heard in arguments and on TV. UK, Ireland, Canada and US. Not for school or polite talk.

### Examples

- The frigging car won't start again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x1)
- Stop frigging about and help me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x2)
- It's frigging freezing in here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x3)
- Where's the frigging remote? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x4)
- He spent all day frigging around with his bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x5)
- Who left the frigging gate open? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x6)
- Frigging hell, that was loud! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x7)
- Teachers count "frigging" as swearing, so don't say it in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x8)

### Note

Trap: stronger and cruder than «flipping» or «freaking»; many adults see it as real swearing. Avoid it. Plain meaning: very, annoying; «frig about» = mess about.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frigging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frigging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frigging.html) on Mova free.