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faggot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun faggot has 2 senses
- faggot(n = noun.person) fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer - offensive term for an openly homosexual man; Array is a kind of gay man, shirtlifter
- faggot(n = noun.artifact) fagot - a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; Array is a kind of bundle, sheaf
Verb faggot has 3 senses
- faggot(v = verb.creation) fagot - ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" is one way to broider, embroider
- faggot(v = verb.contact) fagot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them; Array is one way to bind, tie down, tie up, truss
- faggot(v = verb.contact) faggot up, fagot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" is one way to bind, tie down, tie up, truss
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CIDE DICTIONARY
faggot, n. [perh. from fagot{5}, a shriveled old woman.].
- a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. [WordNet 1.5]
- a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as fagot{1}. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
faggot, n. & v. (US fagot)
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.
2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.
4 a bunch of herbs.
5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.
--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)
1 bind in or make into faggots.
2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.
2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.
4 a bunch of herbs.
5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.
--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)
1 bind in or make into faggots.
2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).
Derivative
faggoty adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF fagot, of uncert. orig.
THESAURUS
faggot
auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, dyke, fag, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, invert, lesbian, nance, pansy, pathic, punk, queen, queer, sapphist, tribadeROGET THESAURUS
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Fuel
N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.
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