Faggot has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
offensive term for a homosexual man
2
a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
3
A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
Verb
1
ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
"He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
2
fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
3
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
"faggot up the sticks"
4
Alternative form of fagot
Broader Terms (hypernyms)