FIG

fig

Noun

  1. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  2. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  3. A small piece of tobacco.
  4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.

Noun (etymology 2)

Verb

  1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
  2. To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.


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