What does "fuck" mean?
An act of sexual intercourse.
Fuck
/fʌk/ adv, intj, noun, particle, verb, slang
adv, intj, noun, particle, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An act of sexual intercourse.
- Grammar: fuck is listed as adv, intj, noun, particle, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: abuse, ass, bang, be intimate.
- Useful contrasts: abstain, abstinence, calmness.
- Usage evidence: The world owes me, so fuck you!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of sexual intercourse. colloquial, countable, literally, vulgar
"No, but I've got a film of a couple of crocodiles having a fuck."
- 2 slang for sexual intercourse wordnet
- 3 A sexual partner, especially a casual one. colloquial, countable, literally, vulgar
"Let me ask you something, Rocky, man to man. I think she's the fuck of the century, what do you think?"
- 4 Strongly and emphatically all of something wordnet
- 5 A highly contemptible person. colloquial, countable, vulgar
"Finally he gets up his courage, crosses over to her and says in her ear, "Hello, Beautiful. Whaddya say to a little fuck?" She measures him coolly with her eyes. "Hello, little fuck.""
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- 6 The smallest amount of concern or consideration. colloquial, countable, vulgar
"I don't give a fuck."
- 7 Semen. colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
"Of course the cunt full of fuck only excited him the more, and he very soon racked off to her great satisfaction, and was dismissed, leaving the rooms vacant for the two at eleven. As there was not five minutes to spare she ran to No. 3, […]"
Verb
- 1 To have sexual intercourse; to copulate. intransitive, literally, vulgar
"It's just common courtesy to help clean up after fucking ."
- 2 have sexual intercourse with wordnet
- 3 To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.; To have sexual intercourse with. intransitive, literally, transitive, vulgar
"I really enjoyed fucking my girlfriend last night."
- 4 To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.; To have penetrative sex (as opposed to oral sex, etc.). intransitive, literally, transitive, vulgar
"We've done oral, but never fucked."
- 5 To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.; To insert one's penis, a dildo, etc., into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate. intransitive, literally, transitive, vulgar
"We decided to switch things around and have him fuck me tonight."
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- 6 To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.; To masturbate. intransitive, literally, reflexive, transitive, vulgar
- 7 To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation. transitive, vulgar
"I'm afraid they're gonna fuck you on this one."
- 8 To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly. transitive, vulgar
"I got fucked at the used car lot."
- 9 Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something. derogatory, transitive, usually, vulgar
"Fuck those jerks, and fuck their stupid rules!"
- 10 To break, to destroy. transitive, usually, vulgar
"Goodman says he wants him to come in tomorrow and Moses is so afraid he's fucked up his chance again that he says yeah..."
- 11 Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”). vulgar
"They couldn't hear a single note Ted was playing and the sound guy kept yelling at them to stop fucking with the levels so he could make adjustments."
- 12 To throw, to lob something. (angrily) Ireland, UK, transitive, vulgar
"He fucked the dirty cloth out the window."
- 13 To scold. Australia, Hong-Kong, India, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, slang, transitive, vulgar
"The sergeant fucked me upside down."
- 14 To be very good, to rule, go hard. intransitive, slang, vulgar
"Yo dude, did you check out their new album? Shit fucks bro."
Adverb
- 1 Used as an intensifier for the words "yes" and "no". colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
"Do you censor your swearing? – Fuck no."
- 2 Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Ireland, UK, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
"Do I want to? Do I fuck!"
Intj
- 1 A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp. colloquial, vulgar
- 2 Expressing dismay or discontent. colloquial, vulgar
"Oh, fuck! We left the back door unlocked."
- 3 Expressing surprise or enjoyment. colloquial, vulgar
"Fuck! That movie was good!"
Particle
- 1 Used as a shortened form of various common interrogative phrases. colloquial, slang, vulgar
"People complainin' "Monday again"... course it's Monday; fuck you thought came after Sunday? Sunday Jr.?"
Antonyms
Example
"The world owes me, so fuck you!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fuck"?
Common synonyms include: abuse, ass, bang, be intimate, bed, bonk.
How do you use "fuck" in a sentence?
The world owes me, so fuck you!
How do you pronounce "fuck"?
Pronounced /fʌk/.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck From Middle English *fukken, probably of Germanic origin: either from Old English *fuccian or Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”). Compare windfucker and its debated etymology. Possibly attested in a 772 CE charter that mentions a place called Fuccerham, which may mean "hām (“home”) of the fucker" or "hamm (“pasture”) of the fucker"; a John le Fucker in a record from 1278 may just be a variant of Fulcher; compare Fucher, Foker, etc. The earliest unambiguous use of the word in a clearly sexual context, in any stage of English, appears to be in court documents from Cheshire, England, which mention a man called Roger Fuckebythenavele (possibly tongue-in-cheek or directly suggestive of a depraved sexual act) on 8 December 1310. It was first listed in a dictionary in 1598. Scots fuk or fuck is attested slightly earlier, probably reinforcing the Northern Germanic/Scandinavian origin theory. From 1500 onward, the word has been in continual use, superseding jape and sard and largely displacing swive. See windfucker and fuckwind for more information. * A range of folk-etymological backronyms, such as fornication under consent of the king and for unlawful carnal knowledge, are all demonstrably false. * Verb sense 7 from related sense feck.