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faggot

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fag·got 1  (fgt)
n. & v.
Variant of fagot.

fag·got 2  (fgt)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

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

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]

faggot2
n
Slang chiefly US and Canadian a male homosexual Often shortened to fag
[special use of faggot1]
faggoty  adj

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.faggotfaggot - offensive term for an openly homosexual man
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
2.faggotfaggot - a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Verb1.faggot - ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
broider, embroider - decorate with needlework
2.faggot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
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"
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

faggot2 [ˈfægət] N (esp US) (pej) (= homosexual) → marica m
faggot [ˈfægət] (US) (offensive) n (= homosexual) → pédé m >
fag hag (offensive) nfille f à pédés >
faggot1 [ˈfægət] n (Am) (offensive) → frocio (offensive)
faggot1 [ˈfægət] n (Am) (offensive) → frocio (offensive)
faggot2 [ˈfægət] n
a. (wood) → fascina
b. (Brit) (Culin) faggots npl polpette a base di fegato di maiale

faggot2 [ˈfægət] n
a. (wood) → fascina
b. (Brit) (Culin) faggots npl polpette a base di fegato di maiale


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He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break it.
One of the women sitting opposite her threw a faggot upon the dying embers of the fire between them.
--A short distance further lay a little faggot of the same shoots bound together with a strip of bark.
 
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