fligger

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflɪɡə/
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)

Verb

fligger (third-person singular simple present fliggers, present participle fliggering, simple past and past participle fliggered)

(obsolete) To sneer.
- 1628, Nathaniel Whiting, Le Hore di Recreatione: or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama:
  Then Nature has with beauty, more with scorne,
  That they must fligger, scoffe, deride, and jeere,
  Appoynt their servants certaine houres t' appeare.
(obsolete) To grin.
- 1720, Thomas d'Urfey, “Tom Tinker”, in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, volume 6, page 267:
  I met with a Barber with Razor and Balls,
  He fligger'd and told me for all my brave alls;
  He would have a stroke, and his words they were blunt,
  I could not deny him the use of my—

Synonyms

(sneer): deride, jeer, scoff; see also Thesaurus:deride
(grin): smile; see also Thesaurus:to smile

Anagrams

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