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fragging

/ˈfɹæɡɪŋ/

fragging noun: the premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit. Also the present participle and gerund of frag.

Noun

fragging (countable and uncountable, plural fraggings)

  1. (US, slang) The premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.
    • Fraggings—the intentional killings of officers by their own troops—were already occurring.2004, Martin Torgoff, “Next Stop is Vietnam”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175
    Synonyms:
    fragicide

Also used as

fragging is also the present participle and gerund of frag.

Synonyms of fragging

Forms of fragging

pluralfraggings

Origin of fragging

Present participle of frag, from a clipping of fragmentation grenade, because those who committed fragging during the Vietnam War threw fragmentation grenades at their superior officers.

Words that rhyme with fragging

Questions about fragging

What does fragging mean?
Fragging means the premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.
What part of speech is fragging?
Fragging is a noun.
How do you pronounce fragging?
Fragging is pronounced /ˈfɹæɡɪŋ/.
What is the plural of fragging?
The plural of fragging is fraggings.

Words near fragging in the dictionary

  1. fragfests
  2. fraggable
  3. fragged
  4. fragger
  5. fraggers
  6. fragging
  7. fraggings
  8. fraggle attack
  9. fraggle attacks
  10. fraghan
  11. fraghans

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