fragging
English
editEtymology
editPresent participle of frag, from Clipping of fragmentation grenade, in which those committed fragging during Vietnam War threw fragmentation grenade on their superior officers.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈfɹæɡɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editfragging (plural fraggings)
- (US military slang) The premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit
- 2004, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home […] , Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175:
- Fraggings—the intentional killings of officers by their own troops—were already occurring.
Descendants
edit- → Korean: 프래깅 (peuraeging)
Verb
editfragging
- present participle and gerund of frag