1700-10 for earlier gerund sense; 1920-25 for current sense; frig1 + -ing2
frig1
[frig] /frɪg/
verb (used with object), frigged, frigging.
1.
to copulate with.
2.
to take advantage of; victimize.
3.
to masturbate.
verb (used without object), frigged, frigging.
4.
to copulate.
5.
to masturbate.
Verb phrases
6.
frig around/about, to fool around; waste time.
Origin
1425-75; earlier, to move about restlessly, rub; late Middle Englishfriggen to quiver
Examples from the web for frigging
It's about frigging time that the crooks faced accountability via the courts.
British Dictionary definitions for frigging
frigging
/ˈfrɪɡɪŋ/
adjective, adverb (prenominal)
1.
(slang) (intensifier): it's only a frigging game; frigging hopeless
Word Origin
C20: euphemism for fucking
frig
/frɪɡ/
verb (taboo, slang) frigs, frigging, frigged
1.
to have sexual intercourse (with)
2.
to masturbate
3.
(intransitive; foll by around, about, etc) to behave foolishly or aimlessly
Word Origin
C15 (in the sense: to wriggle): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to obsolete frike strong, or to Old English frīgan to love
Word Origin and History for frigging
adj.
by 1936 as an expletive, from present participle of frig.
frig
v.
"to move about restlessly," mid-15c., perhaps a variant of frisk (q.v.). As a euphemism for "to fuck" it dates from 1680s, earlier as "to masturbate" (1670s). Related: Frigged; frigging.
Slang definitions & phrases for frigging
frigging
adjective
Wretched; accursed; damn, fucking: if we could find the frigging truck/ You're a walkin', friggin' combat zone