fligger

verb — 2 senses

fligger

verb

/ˈflɪɡə/

1

Obsolete To sneer.

  • Then Nature has with beauty, more with scorne, That they must fligger, scoffe, deride, and jeere, Appoynt their servants certaine houres t' appeare.1628, Nathaniel Whiting, Le Hore di Recreatione: or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama:
2

Obsolete To grin.

  • I met with a Barber with Razor and Balls, He fligger'd and told me for all my brave alls; He would have a stroke, and his words they were blunt, I could not deny him the use of my—1720, Thomas d'Urfey, “Tom Tinker”, in Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, volume 6, page 267:
Synonyms
deride, jeer, scoff, smile

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