frug

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to frig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹʌɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

frug (plural frugs)

1. (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
   • 1964 July 15, The Australian, Sydney, page 20, column 3:

     She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.

   • 1990, T. Coraghessan Boyle, East is East: A Novel, Viking, →ISBN, page 166:

     They were doing a modified frug, a dance Ruth had learned—and abandoned—in high school.

   • 1991, Marcia B. Siegel, Nathaniel Tileston, The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976–1982, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 158:

     In telegraphic succession, the parents two-step, Charleston, lindy, twist, and frug, their dance harmony always splintered apart by their offspring.

Verb

frug (third-person singular simple present frugs, present participle frugging, simple past and past participle frugged)

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.
   • 1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist‎^[1], number 61, retrieved 2022-11-13, page 12:

     Joan Baez's frugging on several occasions gave the festival the added flair of an Arthur Murray Dance Party.

   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 105:

     "Do you like frugging?" "I'm not sure I..." "Oh, come on." Betty danced.

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Verb

frug

1. (dialectal, colloquial) first/third-person singular preterite of fragen
   • 1795, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “XXXIV b)”, in Venetianische Epigramme‎^[2]:

     Niemals frug ein Kaiser nach mir, es hat sich kein König / Um mich bekümmert, und Er war mir August und Mäzen

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   • 1917, Gustav Freytag, “Die Trennung”, in Das Nest der Zaunkönige, page 117:

     »Wie kommt es, daß Gottfried uns nicht begleitet?« frug Immo auf dem Roß.

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   • 1998, “Willst Du Mit Mir Geh'n?”, performed by Fünf Sterne Deluxe:

     Die drei Punkte auf ihrem Arm kannte er genau / Er wedelte mit dem Schwanz, sie nahm ihn an die Leine und frug / Willst Du mit mir geh'n?

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