1. [N. Amer, informal] A homosexual man
   "before he came out he'd never been called a fagot";
   - gay man, gay, faggot [informal], fag [informal], fairy [informal], pansy [informal], queen [informal], poof [informal], pouf [informal]
    
2. A bundle of sticks and branches bound together
   "They gathered fagots for the bonfire";
   - faggot

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

Derived forms: fagots, fagoted, fagoting

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: Fagot, Paul