frug

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/fɹʌɡ/

Definition of frug

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
    “Like I figure it would be best at that point to break for a fifteen minute Frug or Watusi.”
    “The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake. The crowd, mostly young couples, tourists and kids, loved it.”
    “They were doing a modified frug, a dance Ruth had learned—and abandoned—in high school.”
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noun

  1. 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.”
    “Like I figure it would be best at that point to break for a fifteen minute Frug or Watusi.”
    “The snake did the frug, the monkey did the shake. The crowd, mostly young couples, tourists and kids, loved it.”
    “They were doing a modified frug, a dance Ruth had learned—and abandoned—in high school.”

verb

  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.”
    “"Do you like frugging?" "I'm not sure I..." "Oh, come on." Betty danced.”
    “A snake charmer merely hypnotizes the creature with his movements. So I began to move the flute, just as Gopal had done. Now I had the cobra frugging.”
    “In telegraphic succession, the parents two-step, Charleston, lindy, twist, and frug, their dance harmony always splintered apart by their offspring.”

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Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to frig.

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