Dictionary Definition
faggot
Noun
1 offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
[syn: fagot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf]
2 a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
[syn: fagot]
Verb
1 ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He
fagotted the blouse for his wife" [syn: fagot]
2 fasten together rods of iron in order to heat
or weld them [syn: fagot]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- In the context of "rare|_|in|_|US": A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
- In the context of "UK|_|only": A bundle of sticks tied together.
- In the context of "UK|_|only": A meatball made from pork.
- In the context of "pejorative|US|slang": A male homosexual.
Translations
piece of firewood
bundle of sticks
- German: Reisigbündel
- Italian: fascio
- Portuguese: feixe
- Slovenian: butara
meatball
See meatball.
pejorative: male homosexual
- Armenian: գյոթ, ոռատու, արվամոլ
- Basque: atzelari, marikoi
- Dutch: flikker
- French: pédé
- German: Schwuchtel
- Hindi: गाँडू
- Hungarian: buzi
- Italian: frocio
- Polish pedał
- Portuguese: veado, bicha
- Romanian: poponar, bulangiu, gomic
- Russian: педик, гомик, голубенький
- Scottish Gaelic: gille-tòine
- Spanish: maricón, joto
- Urdu: گانڈو
Extensive Definition
Faggot or fagot may refer to:
- Faggot (word), a pejorative for a homosexual or effeminate man used mainly in North America
- Faggot (food), a British meatball commonly made of pork offal
- Faggot (unit of measurement), an archaic unit of measurement for bundles of sticks
- Faggot (wood) (or fagot), bundle of sticks or branches
- Faggots (novel), a novel by Larry Kramer
- Faggoting (metalworking), a metalworking technique
- Faggoting (knitting), a knitting term
- Ashen faggot (or ashton fagot), a British Christmas tradition
- Fire and Faggot Parliament, an English Parliament of 1414.
Other
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, an airplane whose NATO reporting name is Fagot
- 9M111 Fagot, an anti-tank guided missile
- Bassoon, a musical instrument, known in many languages as fagot/fagotto
- Eumeta crameri, sometimes known as the "faggot worm" from the bundles of twigs it binds to itself
See also
faggot in French: Fagot