Definition
In video games, to defeat an opponent; historically in military slang, to kill with a fragmentation grenade.
Etymology
Short for 'fragmentation grenade.' Originated as military terminology in the 1960s, then was adopted into gaming culture in the 1990s when first-person shooters became popular.
Kelly Says
The word 'frag' traveled backward from warfare into video games—young soldiers in Vietnam used 'frag' as slang, then decades later gamers borrowed the military term to describe virtual kills.
Translations
ARالعربية
شظية
sha-zhi-yah
CACatalà
fragment
fra-g-ment
CSČeština
fragment
fra-g-ment
DADansk
fragment
fra-g-ment
DEDeutsch
Fragmente
fra-g-men-te
ELΕλληνικά
σπασμένο
spa-s-men-o
ESEspañol
fragmento
fra-g-men-to
FRFrançais
fragment
fra-g-man
HIहिन्दी
चूड़िया
choo-ri-ya
HUMagyar
töredék
to-red-ek
IDBahasa Indonesia
fragmen
fra-g-men
ITItaliano
frammento
fra-m-men-to
MSBahasa Melayu
fragmen
fra-g-men
NLNederlands
fragment
fra-g-ment
NONorsk
fragment
fra-g-ment
PLPolski
fragment
fra-g-ment
PTPortuguês
fragmento
fra-g-men-to
RORomână
fragment
fra-g-ment
RUРусский
фрагмент
fra-g-ment
SVSvenska
fragment
fra-g-ment
SWKiswahili
kitu kidogo
ki-too ki-do-go
TLTL
fragmento
fra-g-men-to
UKУкраїнська
фрагмент
fra-g-ment
VITiếng Việt
mảnh vụn
manh vu-n