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frug

/fɹʌɡ/

frug noun: a dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.

Noun

frug (plural frugs)

  1. (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
    • She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.1964 July 15, The Australian, Sydney, page 20, column 3
    • Like I figure it would be best at that point to break for a fifteen minute Frug or Watusi.1965 September 10, The Australian Jewish Herald, page 5, column 4

Verb

frug (third-person singular simple present frugs, present participle frugging, simple past and past participle frugged)

  1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.
    • Joan Baez's frugging on several occasions gave the festival the added flair of an Arthur Murray Dance Party.1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist, number 61, retrieved 13 Nov 2022, page 12
    • "Do you like frugging?" "I'm not sure I..." "Oh, come on." Betty danced.1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 105

Examples of frug in a sentence

  • The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 52:
  • They were doing a modified frug, a dance Ruth had learned—and abandoned—in high school.1990, T. Coraghessan Boyle, East is East: A Novel, Viking, →ISBN, page 166:
  • In telegraphic succession, the parents two-step, Charleston, lindy, twist, and frug, their dance harmony always splintered apart by their offspring.1991, Marcia B. Siegel, Nathaniel Tileston, The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976–1982, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 158:
  • You frug away, belting out the lyrics with the rest of the mob.2009, Tim Thornton, The Alternative Hero, Random House, →ISBN, page 8:

Forms of frug

Noun
pluralfrugs
Verb
third-person singular presentfrugs
present participlefrugging
past participlefrugged
pastfrugged

Origin of frug

Unknown. Perhaps related to frig.

Words that rhyme with frug

23 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about frug

What does frug mean?
Frug means a dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
How do you use frug in a sentence?
The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake.
What part of speech is frug?
Frug can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce frug?
Frug is pronounced /fɹʌɡ/.
What is the plural of frug?
The plural of frug is frugs.

Words near frug in the dictionary

  1. Frueh
  2. Fruehs
  3. fruffy
  4. frufru
  5. frufrus
  6. frug
  7. frugal
  8. frugalism
  9. frugalist
  10. frugalista
  11. frugalistas

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