Definition of "faggot" in English

noun

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, collective) 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.)

2. (obsolete) Burdensome baggage.

3. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.

4. (rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.

5. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)

6. (highly derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A gay man, especially an effeminate one.

   • Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight.
   • 2012, Margaret Cho, quoted (mimicking Karl Lagerfeld) in On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility Of course I'm a faggot, darling. I'm a flaming faggot, darling. I am fanning the flames of my faggotry.

7. (loosely, highly derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A non-heterosexual man.

8. (chiefly US, Canada, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A man considered effeminate.

9. (US, Canada, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) An annoying or inconsiderate person.

10. (UK, Ireland, dated, colloquial, derogatory, now offensive) A shrewish woman.

11. (obsolete, possibly now offensive) A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing.

12. (UK, Ireland, historical, possibly now offensive) A faggot voter.

13. (UK, Ireland, dated, slang, now offensive) A lazy, weak, work-shy person.

verb

1. Alternative form of fagot.