[syn: faggot, fagot, faggot up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
faggot \fag"got\ (f[a^]g"[u^]t), n. [perh. from fagot[5], a
shriveled old woman.]
a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. [Slang, disparaging]
Syn: fagot, fag, fairy, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as
fagot[1].
Syn: fagot.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faggot
n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen,
queer, poof, poove, pouf]
2: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together [syn: fagot,
faggot]
v 1: ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted
the blouse for his wife" [syn: faggot, fagot]
2: fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
[syn: faggot, fagot]
3: bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the
sticks" [syn: faggot, fagot, faggot up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "faggot":
auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken,
dyke, fag, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, homo,
homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, invert, lesbian, nance,
pansy, pathic, punk, queen, queer, sapphist, tribade