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frag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /fɾaɡ/ (Scotland, Wales)
  • /fɹɛɡ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹæ(ː)ɡ/ (Australia)
  • /fɹeɪɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • /fɹaɡ/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
  • /fɹæɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Clipping of fragmentation grenade, from fragmentation + grenade.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A fragmentation grenade.
    • Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks. 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon, spoken by Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe):
  2. (slang) A successful kill in a deathmatch game. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents in a deathmatch game.
    • Oh, man. Did you play Online Gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags. 2004 August 16, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #111: other days”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Homestar Runner (Matthew Chapman):
    • I'd been fighting him for ages, and then you stole my frag!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frags Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

fragfest · parafrag

Translations (5)

fr kill (A successful kill in a deathmatch game) · mr फ्रॅग (A successful kill in a deathmatch game) · fi tappo (A successful kill in a deathmatch game) · fi frägi (A successful kill in a deathmatch game) · fr frag (A successful kill in a deathmatch game)

frag en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /fɾaɡ/ (Scotland, Wales)
  • /fɹɛɡ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹæ(ː)ɡ/ (Australia)
  • /fɹeɪɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
  • /fɹaɡ/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
  • /fɹæɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Clipping of fragmentation grenade, from fragmentation + grenade.

Meanings

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade.
    • Cowboy says in a low voice: “Never turn your back on Mother. Never cut him any slack. He fragged Mr. Shortround.” 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 173:
    • One guy? I fragged a couple of hundred in 'Nam. 1974 January 13, Peter S. Fischer, “Publish or Perish” (00:03:23 from the start), in Columbo, season 3, episode 5, spoken by Eddie Kane:
  2. (slang, transitive) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.
    • I fragged him once and then meleed him for the kill.
  3. To kill.
    • I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards.
    • I have pistol-fragged far superior players coming at me with a shotgun with 100% health. 1996, Martin Cox, “Stupid frags ...”, in rec.games.computer.doom.playing (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frags Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fragging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fragged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fragged Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

fraggable · top frag · telefrag · bottom frag · fragging · fragger

Relateds

gib

Translations (3)

fr tuer (to kill (another player) in a deathmatch computer game) · fi tappaa (to kill (another player) in a deathmatch computer game) · fi frägätä (to kill (another player) in a deathmatch computer game)