FAGGOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faggot mean? 

• FAGGOT (noun)
  The noun FAGGOT has 2 senses:

1. offensive term for a homosexual man

2. a bundle of sticks and branches bound together

  Familiarity information: FAGGOT used as a noun is rare.

• FAGGOT (verb)
  The verb FAGGOT has 3 senses:

1. ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch

2. fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them

3. bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot

  Familiarity information: FAGGOT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAGGOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensive term for a homosexual man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fag; faggot; fagot; fairy; nance; pansy; poof; poove; pouf; queen; queer

Hypernyms ("faggot" is a kind of...):

gay; homo; homophile; homosexual (someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bundle of sticks and branches bound together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

faggot; fagot

Hypernyms ("faggot" is a kind of...):

bundle; sheaf (a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing)

• FAGGOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they faggot    ... he / she / it faggots   
Past simple: faggoted   
Past participle: faggoted   
-ing form: faggoting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

faggot; fagot

Context example:

He fagotted the blouse for his wife

Hypernyms (to "faggot" is one way to...):

broider; embroider (decorate with needlework)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

faggot; fagot

Hypernyms (to "faggot" is one way to...):

bind; tie down; tie up; truss (secure with or as if with ropes)

Domain category:

metallurgy (the science and technology of metals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

faggot; faggot up; fagot

Context example:

faggot up the sticks

Hypernyms (to "faggot" is one way to...):

bind; tie down; tie up; truss (secure with or as if with ropes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

A thousand columns of smoke reeked up into the pure morning air where the faggots were piled and the camp-kettles already simmering.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Each of us picked up a faggot of this, and we made our way up weed-covered steps to the particular cave which was marked in the drawing.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He spent half the day extending his campfire to the tree, at any moment a half dozen burning faggots ready at hand to fling at his enemies.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was the curse of mankind that these incongruous faggots were thus bound together—that in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“How much better is this,” said she, as she walked to the fender—“how much better to find a fire ready lit, than to have to wait shivering in the cold till all the family are in bed, as so many poor girls have been obliged to do, and then to have a faithful old servant frightening one by coming in with a faggot!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"I thought he wouldn't face the fire," said Lord John, laughing, as he came back and threw his branch among the faggots.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The room was very spacious, lighted on one side by three arched and mullioned windows, while opposite was a huge fireplace in which a pile of faggots was blazing merrily.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Next to him sat two other men of about the same age, one with a trimming of fur to his coat, which gave him a dignity which was evidently dearer to him than his comfort, for he still drew it round him in spite of the hot glare of the faggots.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There again was a bearded brother with a broad-headed axe and a bundle of faggots upon his shoulders, while beside him walked another with the shears under his arm and the white wool still clinging to his whiter gown.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Black Simon of Norwich crouched amid the rocks, crooning an Eastland ballad to himself, while he whetted his sword upon a flat stone which lay across his knees; while beside him sat Alleyne Edricson, and Norbury, the silent squire of Sir Oliver, holding out their chilled hands towards the crackling faggots.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)