"frug" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frug.wav Forms: frugs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps related to frig. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} frug (plural frugs)
  1. (usually preceded by definite article) A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-frug-en-noun-JTVykicB Disambiguation of Dances: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 84 16

Verb

IPA: /fɹʌɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frug.wav Forms: frugs [present, singular, third-person], frugging [participle, present], frugged [participle, past], frugged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps related to frig. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} frug (third-person singular simple present frugs, present participle frugging, simple past and past participle frugged)
  1. (intransitive) To perform this dance. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-frug-en-verb-2HagDhSD

Inflected forms

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