faggot
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
- Burdensome baggage.
- A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
- A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
- A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
- A gay man, especially an effeminate one.
- A non-heterosexual man.
- A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way.
- An annoying or inconsiderate person.
- A shrewish woman.
- A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing.
- A faggot voter.
- A lazy, weak, work-shy person.
Verb
- Alternative form of fagot.
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