1. [informal] A homosexual man
   "before he came out he'd never been called a faggot";
   - gay man, gay, fagot [N. Amer, informal], fag [informal], fairy [informal], pansy [informal], queen [informal], poof [informal], pouf [informal]
    
2. A bundle of sticks and branches bound together
   "They gathered faggots for the bonfire";
   - fagot [N. Amer]
    
3. [UK] A ball of chopped meat and liver mixed with bread and herbs, eaten fried or baked
   "Traditional British cuisine includes faggots served with mashed potatoes and peas"

1. Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
   "The seamstress faggoted the delicate silk blouse";
   - fagot [N. Amer]
    
2. (metallurgy) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
   "The blacksmith faggoted the iron rods before heating them in the forge";
   - fagot [N. Amer]
    
3. Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
   "faggot up the sticks";
   - fagot [N. Amer], faggot up [archaic]

Derived forms: faggots, faggoting, faggoted

Type of: adult male, bind, bozo [N. Amer, informal], broider [archaic], bundle, cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], embroider, gay, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], homophile [archaic], homosexual, man, sheaf, sod [informal], tie down, tie up, truss

Encyclopedia: Faggot