fridge

noun

1. (informal)A refrigerator.

   “Sweet broccolini with tofu, sesame, and cilantro […] First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the soy sauce, chile sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about ⅜ inch / 1 cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade, and leave in the fridge for half an hour.”

verb

1. (informal, transitive)To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.

   “I had turned up with a bottle, which the hostess, Celia, had duly fridged, but everyone else had opted for camomile tea, making me feel like the biggest lush in south London.”

   “He munched and sipped, wished the soda was cold. Should have fridged it.”

   “If you don't have two [baking] stones, bake it in two different batches, fridging your remaining doughs whilst you wait.”

2. (slang, transitive)To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance.

   “The backing cast are also all excellent, as expected considering the calibre of actors attached to the film – Andrea Riseborough is a very good example, playing a fascinating cop who really didn't deserve to be ‘fridged’ (meaning: removed from the action so that the men can do their manly things).”

   “In terms of villains, familiar characters haven't been fridged but they've been rather sexualized.”

   “Gwen [Stacy] dying is as big a part of Spider-Man's storyline as Uncle Ben dying. But originally, she was fridged, long before that was a thing. Gwen was something of a pretty nonentity in the comics, her death really only served the purpose of hurting Peter. She died a victim, yanked around by other characters.”

   “There’s more than a hint of fridging to Missandei's death, as she leaves behind a grief-stricken Grey Worm along with Daenerys [Targaryen].”

3. (British, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To chafe or rub (something).

   “The town spread upwards before them, smoking vaguely in the midday glare, fridging the crest away to the south with spires and factory bulks and chimneys.”

4. (intransitive, obsolete)To chafe or rub.
5. (intransitive, obsolete)Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”).