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fligger

/ˈflɪɡə/

fligger verb: to sneer.

Verb

fligger (third-person singular simple present fliggers, present participle fliggering, simple past and past participle fliggered)

  1. (obsolete) To sneer.
    • Then Nature has with beauty, more with scorne,
      That they must fligger, scoffe, deride, and jeere,
      Appoynt their servants certaine houres t' appeare.1628, Nathaniel Whiting, Le Hore di Recreatione: or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama
    Synonyms:
    deride
  2. (obsolete) To grin.
    • I met with a Barber with Razor and Balls,
      He fligger'd and told me for all my brave alls;
      He would have a stroke, and his words they were blunt,
      I could not deny him the use of my—1720, Thomas d'Urfey, “Tom Tinker”, in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, volume 6, page 267
    Synonyms:
    smile

Synonyms of fligger

Forms of fligger

third-person singular presentfliggers
present participlefliggering
past participlefliggered
pastfliggered

Words that rhyme with fligger

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Questions about fligger

What does fligger mean?
Fligger means to sneer.
What part of speech is fligger?
Fligger is a verb.
How do you pronounce fligger?
Fligger is pronounced /ˈflɪɡə/.
What is the past tense of fligger?
The past tense of fligger is fliggered.

Words near fligger in the dictionary

  1. fliey
  2. fliffis
  3. fliffises
  4. fliffus
  5. FLIFO
  6. fligger
  7. fliggered
  8. fliggering
  9. fliggers
  10. flight
  11. flight archery

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