What is "figging"

n. The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, originally applied to horses as a form of deception as to the horse's condition and later used in BDSM practices.

1. n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: figure]

2. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit [syn: common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica]

3. a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi [syn: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group]

4. fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

5. [also: figging, figged]

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Figging is the practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger root into the anus or the vagina of a person. It has been used as a means of punishment. It is also used as a consensual BDSM practice.