FAGGOT
fagot, faggot
(noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf
(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man
faggot, fagot, faggot up
(verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; “faggot up the sticks”
faggot, fagot
(verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
faggot, fagot
(verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; “He fagotted the blouse for his wife”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faggot (plural faggots)
(chiefly, British, 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.)
(obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
(rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
(chiefly, British) A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
(offensive, vulgar) An annoying or inconsiderate person.
(UK, Irish, colloquial, pejorative, obsolete) A shrewish woman.
Synonym: Thesaurus:shrew
(offensive, vulgar, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
Synonym: Thesaurus:male homosexual
Coordinate terms: dyke, scissor sister
(offensive, vulgar) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way
(obsolete) A soldier numbered on the muster-roll, but not really existing.
(UK, historical) A faggot voter.
Verb
faggot (third-person singular simple present faggots, present participle faggoting, simple past and past participle faggoted)
Alternative form of fagot
Source: Wiktionary
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