# frig

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɹɪɡ/ · frequency rank #69,061

## Definitions
1. To masturbate.
2. To fuck; to have sex.
3. To mess or muck usually with about or around'.
4. To break.
5. To make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate.

## Etymology
From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). Compare also Faroese fríggj (“erotocism, sex, flirtation”), Old English ġefrīgian (“to embrace”). More at free.
Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge), from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/frig