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fag·got ¹  (fgt)

n. & v.

Variant of fagot.

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fag·got ²  (fgt)

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

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[Perhaps from faggot, variant of fagot, bundle, lump, old woman.]

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faggot¹ esp US, fagot [ˈfægət]

n

1. a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron

3. (Cookery) a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried

4. a bundle of anything

vb (tr)

1. to collect into a bundle or bundles

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) Needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc.)

[from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle]

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faggot²

n

Slang chiefly US and Canadian a male homosexual Often shortened to fag

[special use of faggot¹]

faggoty  adj

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Faggot a bundle or bunch of anything; also a bundle of material, esp. wood, used for fuel. See also fascine.

Examples: faggot of compliments, 1742; of herbs, 1741; of iron or steel rods, 1640; of reeds, 1489; of rushes, 1545; of selections, 1854; of sticks; of thorns, 1398; of twigs; of utter improbabilities, 1782.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	faggot - offensive term for an openly homosexual man fag, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, pansy, queen derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
	2.	faggot - a bundle of sticks and branches bound together fagot sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Verb	1.	faggot - ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" fagot broider, embroider - decorate with needlework
	2.	faggot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them fagot metallurgy - the science and technology of metals tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
	3.	faggot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" faggot up, fagot tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

Translations

faggot¹ fagot (US) [ˈfægət] N

1. (for fire) → haz m de leña

2. (Brit) (Culin) → albóndiga f

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faggot² [ˈfægət] N (esp US) (pej) (= homosexual) → marica m

faggot [ˈfægət] (US) (offensive) n (= homosexual) → pédé m >
fag hag (offensive) n → fille f à pédés >

faggot¹ [ˈfægət] n (Am) (offensive) → frocio (offensive)

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faggot² [ˈfægət] n

a. (wood) → fascina

b. (Brit) (Culin) faggots npl polpette a base di fegato di maiale