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friggle

/ˈfɹɪɡəl/

friggle verb: to wriggle.

Verb

friggle (third-person singular simple present friggles, present participle friggling, simple past and past participle friggled)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To wriggle.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, rare) To fiddle, fumble, potter around.

Forms of friggle

third-person singular presentfriggles
present participlefriggling
past participlefriggled
pastfriggled

Origin of friggle

From frig + -le (frequentative suffix).

Words that rhyme with friggle

Questions about friggle

What does friggle mean?
Friggle means to wriggle.
What part of speech is friggle?
Friggle is a verb.
How do you pronounce friggle?
Friggle is pronounced /ˈfɹɪɡəl/.
What is the past tense of friggle?
The past tense of friggle is friggled.

Words near friggle in the dictionary

  1. frigging off
  2. frigging up
  3. friggings
  4. friggitelli
  5. friggitello
  6. friggle
  7. friggled
  8. friggles
  9. friggling
  10. friggs up
  11. fright

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