fucking

English

Alternative forms

fuckin, fuckin' (informal, slang)

Etymology

From fuck +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʌkɪŋ/, /ˈfʌkɪn/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ

Verb

fucking

present participle of fuck

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

Esperanto: fiko
Finnish: pano (fi)
French: baise (fr) f
German: Fick (de) m
Hebrew: זִיּוּן‎ m (ziyun)
Korean: 빠구리 (ko) (bbaguri), 좆같은 (jotgateun)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mızır
Latin: futūtiō (la)

Navajo: jikʼeedgo
Norwegian: knull n
Pashto: غو‎ m pl (γo), غوول‎ (γowǝl)
Polish: pierdolenie (pl) n, jebanie (pl) n, pieprzenie (pl) n, bzykanie (pl) n, posuwanie (pl) n, ruchanie (pl) n
Portuguese: transa (pt) f
Romanian: futere f
Russian: е́бля (ru) f (jéblja), еба́ние (ru) n (jebánije)
Spanish: follando (es) f, jodiendo (es) f, (Mexico) chingando (es) f, (Mexico) cogiendo (es) f
Swedish: ligg (sv) n

Adjective

fucking (not comparable)

(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
No fucking way.

Synonyms: fecking, freaking, frigging
(vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
Get your fucking car out of the way.

Get me off your fucking mailing list.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

motherfucking

Descendants

→ Danish: fucking
→ Dutch: fucking
→ Swedish: fucking

Translations

as an intensifier

Afrikaans: fokken
Assamese: কেলা (kela), বালৰ (balor)
Belarusian: ёбаны (jóbany)
Czech: kurva (cs) f, zasraný (cs)
Danish: satans, helvedes
Dutch: fucking (nl), focking, fakking, kanker (nl), kut (nl)
Esperanto: fek-, damna
Estonian: kuradima
Finnish: vitun (fi), perkeleen, saatanan, helvetin (fi)
French: (Europe) putain de (fr), (Canada) ostie de, (Canada) câlisse de
German: (noun prefix) Scheiß- (de)
Greenlandic: -palaarsuaq
Hebrew: מזדין‎ (mizdayen)
Hungarian: baszott, kibaszott (hu)
Icelandic: helvítis

Italian: fottuto (it) m, cazzo di
Japanese: むかつく (ja) (mukatsuku), 糞の (ja) (くその, kuso-no)
Macedonian: е́бен m (ében)
Northern Sami: helveha
Norwegian: jævla
Polish: jebany (pl) m, kurewski (pl) m, pierdolony (pl) m, zasrany (pl) m, cholerny (pl) m
Portuguese: (slang, Brazil) puta (pt)
Russian: ёбаный (ru) (jóbanyj), сра́ный (ru) (srányj)
Spanish: (Latin America) maldito (es), (Mexico) pinche (es), (Spain) puto (es) m, jodido (es) m
Swedish: jävla (sv)
Turkish: boktan (tr), lanet (tr), kahrolasıca, siktiğim, siktiğimin
Ukrainian: ї́баний (jíbanyj)
Yiddish: מסוכּן‎ (mesukn)

offensive or worthless

Chinese:
Mandarin: 死 (zh) (sǐ), 破 (zh) (pò)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: -aĉ- (eo), aĉa (eo)
Estonian: kuradima
Finnish: vitun (fi), perkeleen, saatanan, helvetin (fi)
French: putain de (fr) + (name of object) m or f, maudit (fr) m, maudite (fr) f + (name of object) (Québec), foutu (fr) m, foutue (fr) f + (name of object), sale (fr) m or f
German: (noun prefix) Scheiß- (de)
Greek: γαμημένος (el) (gamiménos)
Hungarian: baszott, kibaszott (hu)
Indonesian: sialan (id), keparat (id), brengsek (id), bedebah (id)

Italian: cazzo di
Japanese: むかつく (ja) (mukatsuku), 糞の (ja) (くその, kuso-no)
Northern Sami: helveha
Norwegian: forpult
Polish: jebany (pl) m, kurewski (pl) m, pierdolony (pl) m
Portuguese: merda de + (name of object) m or f, porra de + (name of object) m or f, maldito (pt) m + (name of object) m, maldita (pt) f + (name of object) f
Russian: хуёвый (ru) (xujóvyj), ёбаный (ru) (jóbanyj), сра́ный (ru) (srányj)
Spanish: (Latin America) maldito (es), (Mexico) pinche (es), (Spain) puto (es) m, jodido (es) m
Swedish: jävla (sv), satans (sv)
Turkish: pis (tr), kahrolası (tr), lanet olası, boktan (tr), sikindirik (tr)

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

→ Danish: fucking
→ Dutch: fucking
→ Swedish: fucking

Translations

an intensifier

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: فشخ‎ (fašḫ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 死 (zh) (sǐ), 他妈 (zh) (tāmā)
Esperanto: damne (eo), fek-
Finnish: vittu (fi), vitun (fi)
French: putain de (fr)
Hebrew: אחושרמוטה‎ (akhusharmúta)
Italian: del cazzo, cazzo di
Polish: kurwa (pl)

Portuguese: puta (pt)
Romanian: pula (ro)
Russian: хуй (ru) (xuj)
Spanish: jodidamente (es), (Mexico, is used as adverb by some people even if identical to the adjective) pinche (es)
Swedish: jävla (sv)
Yiddish: מסוכּן‎ (mesukn)

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?
Synonyms: fandens, sørens, helvedes

Adverb

fucking

(slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier
Synonym: fandens

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

(slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier
Ik ga hier zo fucking hard op. ― I enjoy this so fucking much.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fucking.

Adjective

fucking (not comparable)

(slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance
Asså de där fucking råttorna ska dö! ― Ah, those fucking rats will die!

Synonyms: jävla, helvetes, förbannad

Adverb

fucking (comparative mer fucking, superlative mest fucking)

(slang, vulgar) fucking, intensifier
Han är så fucking jobbig, mammas död jag vill slakta han! ― He's so fucking annoying, I swear on my mother I want to kill him!

Synonym: jävla