Faggot

Quick meaning: Faggot is a noun meaning A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.

Meaning

A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.

More Meanings

1. (highly derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a queer man.
2. (US, Canada, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) An annoying, inconsiderate or contemptible person.
3. (obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
4. (rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
5. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
6. (chiefly US, Canada, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A man considered effeminate.
7. (chiefly UK, Ireland, collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)

Example Sentences

Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight.

He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.

To the east, the night grew a faggot of luminous gray, then seashell opalescence that dimmed the stars.

Today would be faggots in gravy and chocolate pudding with a white sauce. I didn't like faggots but picked at them and rolled the peas around my plate.

Word Forms

• faggots
• fagot
• faggoting
• faggoted

Synonyms for faggot

Depending on context, synonyms include duck, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, crow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fag, pouf, fagot, poof, fairy, pansy.

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