fragging

English

Etymology

Present participle of frag, from a clipping of fragmentation grenade, because those who committed fragging during the Vietnam War threw fragmentation grenades at their superior officers.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæɡɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

fragging (plural fraggings)

(US military slang) The premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit
- 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Next Stop is Vietnam”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175:
  Fraggings—the intentional killings of officers by their own troops—were already occurring.

Descendants

→ Korean: 프래깅 (peuraeging)

Verb

fragging

present participle and gerund of frag