Fig

/fɪɡ/ · noun

Meaning

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds..

Definitions by Sense

1. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
2. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
3. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
4. A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
5. (Newfoundland, dated) A raisin (dried grape).
6. A small piece of tobacco.
7. A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
8. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.

Example Sentences

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!

About Rebecca and Jos he did not care a fig.

J. senses the entente between Eva and me and doesn't like it one fig.

figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins

“You may flog, and welcome, master,” said he, “if you'll give me a fig o' tibbacky.”

This was followed by his presenting his sable acquaintance with a fig of tobacco, whereupon, instead of thanking the donor in the usual way, the black signified his gratitude by throwing a spear at twenty or thirty yards' distance.

When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.

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• figs
• figging
• figged
• fig.

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