FRIDGE

Etymology 1

Clipped form of refrigerator.

Noun

fridge (plural fridges)

(informal) A refrigerator.

Verb

fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)

(informal) To place inside of a refrigerator.

Etymology 2

Verb

fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)

(fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a character, usually female, from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character, usually male, and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s).

Etymology 3

Verb

fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)

(archaic) To rub, chafe.

Source: Wiktionary


Fridge, v. t. Etym: [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. Freak, n.]

Definition: To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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