Definition of FAGOT

fagot

Plural: fagots

Noun

  • offensive term for an openly homosexual man
  • a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
  • Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of sticks for fuel”).
  • Alternative form of faggot (“bundle of iron or steel”).
  • A fagotto, or bassoon.
  • A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company .

Verb

Verb Forms: fagoted, fagoting, fagots

  • To bind together into a bundle; to make weary.
  • ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
    • "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
  • fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
  • bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
  • To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

Examples

  • She had to FAGOT her dwindling tiles to form a desperate, but legal, word.

Origin / Etymology

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

Synonyms

fag, faggot, faggot up, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer

Scrabble Score: 9

fagot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fagot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fagot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

fagot: valid Words With Friends Word