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frug

frug

2 9.9
A lively 1960s dance with energetic arm movements
  • noun
  • /fruɡ/
  • Archaic
: frug
  • You can keep the twist, the frug, and hop.
  • do the frug

Examples

  • Pony, fox trot, frug.

  • Frug and the optimists think that good local government is possible despite its problems.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And what about the frug

  • You're look at the frug, a combination twist, Patty-Cake and Hitchhike.

  • "The mashed potato and the frug, yes, or perhaps the Watusi or other contortions to barbaric music."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "Why don't you two do the frug for Monsieur Alle?" Roddy said to Glenda and Howie.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The reason why I swore off frugs that night was because... ...I woke up with my pants undone... ...And I thought maybe i wondered in here to jerk off and pass out but... ...I can't shake this feeling that someone was in here with me.

  • At the party, everyone was laughing and enjoying themselves as they danced the frug to the upbeat music.

  • When the band played a popular song from the 1960s, the crowd erupted into the energetic frug with coordinated arm movements.

  • She showed off her dance skills by performing the frug, a lively dance that got everyone on the dance floor.

How Energetic

to jitterbug
  • Archaic
3 8.7
frug
  • Archaic
2 9.9
to foxtrot
1 7.4
waltz
26 3.4

Surface Forms

frug singular
frugs plural

Etymology

Frug was the name of a lively 1960s dance; a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a frog's quick jumps or a playful nonsense sound, because the dance is bouncy and energetic, which fits the name.