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# frigging

«frigging» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (rude slang) a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis: «the frigging car won't start». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x1)
- Stop frigging about and help me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x2)
- It's frigging freezing in here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x3)
- Where's the frigging remote? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x4)
- He spent all day frigging around with his bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x5)
- Who left the frigging gate open? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/#x6)
- Frigging hell, that was loud! [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- ["Frigging" is a slangy stand-in for the f-word, used to show anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frigging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frigging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.