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fucking

//ˈfʌkɪŋ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

informal

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Forms

Plural
fuckings

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.(vulgar)

    • I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.
  2. 2.An act of mistreatment.(vulgar)

    • I took a real fucking on the interest rate for that loan.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.(vulgar)

    • Shite. It’s three o’fucking clock in the afternoon!
    • You know what's not as easy as pie? Baking an actual fucking pie!
    • “Every time it’s shown, I get e-mail from young guys who want to get it on with me,” she said. “Which is wonderful. I’m seventy-seven fucking years old.”
  2. 2.Offensive, annoying or worthless.(vulgar)

    • Get your fucking car out of the way.
    • Get me off your fucking mailing list.
    • Even when Trump won, Murdoch was unconvinced, reportedly privately calling him a “fucking idiot” following one conversation about immigration.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.present participle and gerund of fuck

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.(vulgar)

    • I'm not fucking well paying this time.
    • 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.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1785

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Common
General reading & writing
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Academic
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Literature
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Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-

Proto-Germanic *fukkōną

Old English *fuccian

Middle English *fukken

English fuck

English -ing

English fucking

From fuck + -ing.

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