frag

Etymology

Clipping of fragmentation grenade

noun

1. (military slang) A fragmentation grenade.
   Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks. 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon, spoken by Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe)
2. (video games, slang) A successful kill in a deathmatch game.
   I'd been fighting him for ages, and then you stole my frag!
   Oh, man. Did you play Online Gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags. 16 August 2004, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #111: other days”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Homestar Runner (Matthew Chapman)

verb

1. (transitive, US military slang) To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade.
   Cowboy says in a low voice: “Never turn your back on Mother. Never cut him any slack. He fragged Mr. Shortround.” 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, page 173
2. (transitive, military and video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.
   I fragged him once and then meleed him for the kill.
3. (video games) To kill.
   I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards.
   I have pistol-fragged far superior players coming at me with a shotgun with 100% health. 1996, Martin Cox, “Stupid frags ...”, in rec.games.computer.doom.playing (Usenet)