fucking
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
fucking
Noun
fucking (countable and uncountable, plural fuckings)
- (vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
- I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.
- c 1674, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, A Satyr on Charles II
- Like the French fool, that wanders up and down
- Starving his people, hazarding his crown.
- Peace is his aim, his gentleness is such,
- And love he loves, for he loves fucking much.
- (vulgar, figuratively) An act of mistreatment.
- I took a real fucking on the interest rate for that loan.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
an act of sexual intercourse
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Adjective
fucking (not comparable)
- (vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
- (vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
- Get your fucking car out of the way.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
as an intensifier
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offensive or worthless
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Adverb
fucking (not comparable)
- (vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.
- 2004, Tommy Lee; Anthony Bozza, Tommy Land, page 79:
- You've never seen a bunch of guys more fucking shocked to lose
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 81:
- A bit young to be so cynical and so superior, you may think. My reply is that you should fucking well have been there, and felt it for yourself.
Descendants
Translations
an intensifier
Infix
fucking
- (vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word inflix is put between two words
- New Fucking York.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- She had been, as I say, drinking all afternoon and she suddenly howled, ‘Ten o'clock! It's ten o'fucking clock! Why doesn't he come? Why in God's name doesn't he come?’ Something along those lines.
- 1992, Roger Waters, in Q Magazine
- […] I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber.
- 1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy, spoken by Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams):
- If you wanted some background information on me, Holden, all you had to do was ask. I would have gladly volunteered it. You didn't have to go playing Hercule fucking Poirot!
- 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski, spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges):
- Far out, man. Far fucking out!
References
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2009) The F Word, 3rd edition
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English fucking.
Adjective
fucking (neuter fucking)
- (slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance.
- 2013, Lars AP, Fucking flink, Art People (→ISBN)
- For det er helt okay at udøve den danske nationalsport nr. 1: at brokke sig. Bare man gør det på en fucking flink måde. Guerillagartnere og guerilla-strikkere.
- 2014, Christian Frost, Gud er bare hund stavet bagfra, Art People (→ISBN)
- Det kom fra hans far, som var en fucking bøsse.
- 2014, Caroline Kepnes, DU, Politikens Forlag (→ISBN)
- “For helvede da, Karen! Fatter du ikke et vink med en fucking vognstang?
- 2013, Lars AP, Fucking flink, Art People (→ISBN)
Adverb
fucking
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English fucking.
Adjective
fucking (not comparable)
- (slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance
- Die fucking klojo laat me niet met rust. ― That fucking asshole won't leave me alone.
Adverb
fucking
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English fucking.
Adjective
fucking (not comparable)