Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have sexual intercourse with.
- intransitive verb To take advantage of, betray, or cheat; victimize.
- intransitive verb Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.
- intransitive verb To engage in sexual intercourse.
- intransitive verb To act wastefully or foolishly.
- intransitive verb To tinker or meddle with something. Often used with with.
- intransitive verb To tease or treat someone carelessly or indifferently. Often used with with.
- noun An act of sexual intercourse.
- noun A partner in sexual intercourse.
- noun A despised person.
- noun Used as an intensive.
- interjection Used to express extreme displeasure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun vulgar slang A slang term for sexual intercourse.
- verb vulgar slang to have sexual intercourse (with).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb vulgar, colloquial To have
sexual intercourse , tocopulate . - verb vulgar, colloquial To
insert one’s penis, adildo or other phallic object, into a specifiedorifice or cleft. - verb vulgar, colloquial To put in an extremely
difficult orimpossible situation . - verb vulgar, colloquial To
break ; todestroy . - verb vulgar, colloquial To
defraud . - verb vulgar, colloquial To play with; to
tinker . - verb vulgar, colloquial, often derogatory Used to express great displeasure with someone or something.
- verb vulgar, colloquial To lose care for, to
forget , to disregard, to no longer regard as important. - noun vulgar, colloquial An act of
sexual intercourse . - noun vulgar, colloquial A
sexual partner , especially acasual one. - noun vulgar, colloquial A highly
contemptible person. - noun A thing of no value, a small amount.
- interjection vulgar, colloquial Expressing
dismay ordiscontent . - adverb Used as an
intensifier for the words "yes" and "no".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
- verb have sexual intercourse with
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Even though I was a freshman in high school, I had never heard anyone say the word fuck in a movie before.
I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009
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When I was littleabout seven, I guessI remember getting in the car with my mother when she picked me up from school and telling her that Id seen the word fuck written on the handball court at the playground and I wanted to know what it meant.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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When I was littleabout seven, I guessI remember getting in the car with my mother when she picked me up from school and telling her that Id seen the word fuck written on the handball court at the playground and I wanted to know what it meant.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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When I was littleabout seven, I guessI remember getting in the car with my mother when she picked me up from school and telling her that Id seen the word fuck written on the handball court at the playground and I wanted to know what it meant.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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The word fuck suggests suction and/or and/or flatulence.
The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007
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FUCK*: Adding the word fuck among friends can help any insult.
How To Be Funny JON MACKS 2003
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FUCK*: Adding the word fuck among friends can help any insult.
How To Be Funny JON MACKS 2003
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FUCK*: Adding the word fuck among friends can help any insult.
How To Be Funny JON MACKS 2003
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FUCK*: Adding the word fuck among friends can help any insult.
How To Be Funny JON MACKS 2003
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FUCK*: Adding the word fuck among friends can help any insult.
How To Be Funny JON MACKS 2003
john commented on the word fuck
Celebrity lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower's comprehensive book "The F-word" is worth a read. Good book, but by the thousandth variation, the f-bomb loses some of it's power.
December 2, 2006
tankexmortis commented on the word fuck
Is there anything it CAN'T mean?
December 2, 2006
muamor commented on the word fuck
..when you need stronger words to comfort you on the waves of life. I believe strong words can not harm you - or anyone else - if your heart is pure and you understand, that the f-word is only a tool to get you through a heck of a moment. To me swear words and the like are some sort of an instant verbal gratification. I use the f-word fluently. In Finland it's a v-word. Sounds much worse in Finnish. Trust me, I know.
June 24, 2007
oroboros commented on the word fuck
Word History: The obscenity fuck is a very old word and has been considered shocking from the first, though it is seen in print much more often now than in the past. Its first known occurrence, in code because of its unacceptability, is in a poem composed in a mixture of Latin and English sometime before 1500. The poem, which satirizes the Carmelite friars of Cambridge, England, takes its title, "Flen flyys," from the first words of its opening line, "Flen, flyys, and freris," that is, "fleas, flies, and friars." The line that contains fuck reads "Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk." The Latin words "Non sunt in coeli, quia," mean "they (the friars) are not in heaven, since." The code "gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk" is easily broken by simply substituting the preceding letter in the alphabet, keeping in mind differences in the alphabet and in spelling between then and now: i was then used for both i and j; v was used for both u and v; and vv was used for w. This yields "fvccant (a fake Latin form) vvivys of heli." The whole thus reads in translation: "They are not in heaven because they fuck wives of Ely (a town near Cambridge)."
Aside: FUCK did not start out life as the acronym: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
September 15, 2007
seanahan commented on the word fuck
I've seen some crazy etymologies, but this one surpasses them all, sheer awesomeness.
September 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
I just read a fantastic article in The New Republic that has a lot to do with this word. Here, read it, it's good.
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word fuck
You're right. That is good. Thanks for the link!
October 12, 2007
lampbane commented on the word fuck
Bad Words, Overused, Can Lose Their Sting (New York Times, 05/16/08):
The most surprising thing about Sue Simmons’s unbleeped blooper the other night is that anyone in this city even noticed.
You may have read about her unfortunate slip. Ms. Simmons, a news anchor on WNBC-TV, tried to get the attention of her longtime partner, Chuck Scarborough, by asking him, “What are you doing?�?
Only she did not realize that they were live on the air. And she didn’t quite say “What are you doing?�? She inserted two words between “what�? and “are.�? One of those words was “the.�? Sorry to be coy about the other one, but it is not allowed to be printed here. Rules are rules. If you can’t figure out what it is, you have not been in New York very long — like less than four minutes.
Despite a certain amount of twitter over this incident, it seems that both the republic and Ms. Simmons will survive. “She’ll continue to be on the air,�? said a WNBC spokeswoman, Susan Kiel.
The reality is that this vulgar word has been tossed about with such abandon in public for so many years that New Yorkers tend to tune it out. Its endless, and mindless, repetition left them numb long ago. By now, the word is no longer shocking, just tedious.
May 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Good article, Lampbane. My favorite paragraph:
"Rarely do any of these people display a glimmer of the creativity shown by a fellow soldier in my Army days. The jeep he was driving broke down. Looking under the hood, he needed only four words to pronounce the vehicle beyond repair. The first was 'the,' followed by the Simmons-Cheney-Spitzer word in its adjectival, noun and verb forms--in that order. It bordered on poetry."
May 16, 2008
seanahan commented on the word fuck
Is it weird, Reesetee, that I immediately given only "the" and 3 f-words I guessed exactly the precise form the soldier used?
May 19, 2008
dontcry commented on the word fuck
Regarding Lampbane, I've almost got it -- is the noun possessive?
May 20, 2008
lampbane commented on the word fuck
September 7, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
Now 99 Wordies list it. Who's going to list the fuck of the century. (Can I say that?).
September 19, 2008
artbizness commented on the word fuck
September 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
I would list it again if I could. :)
September 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
I can't see the point of inserting the video here, artb.
September 19, 2008
artbizness commented on the word fuck
I am the 99th person to list the word, the song is called "99 problems".
September 19, 2008
lampbane commented on the word fuck
Perhaps the video would be better served by being over at 99?
September 22, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
Out of the top 100.
September 27, 2008
yarb commented on the word fuck
Bah. It's a far better word than diaphanous if you ask me.
September 27, 2008
cabbageeenfrancais commented on the word fuck
I thought the word was from when you had to get permission to have intercourse (because you were only supposed to if you wanted children) and you had to hang a sign on your door while you were saying Fornication Under Consent of the King.
I don't know if that's correct though, I read it on a radom facts website XD
September 27, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
It's an urban legend, Cabbagee!
September 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
Backronym.
September 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Still one of the best fucking words around, is fuck. I once saw a t-shirt that said "Fuck you, you fucking fuck." Hard to find any other words quite as versatile. Also, one of my favorite language-arts books is "English as a Second F*cking Language."
Cabbagee, I'm afraid it was never true that one had to ask permission of some third party, let alone one's monarch, to have intercourse. (Thank fucking heaven.)
September 27, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
...and now it's again in the top 100.
September 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
Misspelling of duck.
September 28, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
We're laughing, in this room.
September 28, 2008
Telofy commented on the word fuck
Right, "f" and "d" are so ducking close on qwerty/z keyboards; that really ducks!
September 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Yes, if you try to type "duck" you're liable to miss one direction and type "fuck" or the other and type "suck."
September 28, 2008
mollusque commented on the word fuck
Ruckus also has its perils.
September 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Yes, it certainly does. So does fugue. Well, for me anyway.
I wonder if someone has a list for these...
September 28, 2008
mollusque commented on the word fuck
Peteyk, the first to list fuck, was also the first to list word.
September 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
Can we assume that fuck should not be so highly rated because a lot of Wordies meant to list duck or suck?
September 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
And a high proportion of spam is really about ducks?
September 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
peteyk also added fish and awordthatisactuallyasentencewithnospaces to their list of 4 words. An eclectic mix? Made a comment on TooHotty's profile ('nice words') and added 4 words, presumably to other lists. Then 'doesn't appear to have done anything recently'.
It would be interesting to know those other 4 words?
September 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
I reckon them's were the days before open and shared lists, 'nger'. So if he/she listed 8 and only has 4 on a single list, prolly ghosties.
Edit: and words on his/her profile!
September 28, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
fuck
word
is
a
smack
wordthatisactuallyasentencewithnospaces
fish
What's the 8th?
September 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
I certainly meant to list fuck, not duck (which I also like) or suck (which I don't, so much).
I'm intrigued.
September 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
lumber, 'gus.
September 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
more about peteyk: i like simple words
if you don't then go screw off
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September 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word fuck
I think I love peteyk.
September 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fuck
Yes, telofy, excellent. I missed it first time around.
September 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
This is how the second syllable of "Norfolk" is pronounced.
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
42.
September 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Who's 42?
September 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
Should I lie about my age on fuck? *ponders*
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Who's what?
September 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Are you trying to sneak Dara Torres into this conversation, reesetee? As AbraxasZugzwang would quote, were he here, "Fuck me!"
September 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fuck
In high school, we referred to Norfolk, Virginia as "No-fuck Vagina." As often as we could. We thought it was very funny. Then.
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Me? I'm not sneaking anything into any conversation. Nuh-uh. Not me.
September 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word fuck
It would be tricky to build up the momentum necessary to jump Dara Torres the 13.75ft into this conversation.
September 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Especially right after that turn! (Wait...) Before that turn!
Skipvia, we locals know that, in the Grand List of Great American Cities, poor No-fuck Vagina always gets the shaft.
(p.s. I posted that comment before, then deleted it from embarrassment, and then decided if skipvia can make grand fart jokes that live on in legend, and bilby can be obsessed with bear rectums ... recta? ... then modesty be damned!)
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Eesh. I'm going back to the 42 page. It's so much more pleasant.
*snort*
September 30, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fuck
It's funny that you should mention Dara Torres and 42 in the same conversation, because that's how old she'll be next year.
Shaft. *hee hee*
October 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Really? I had no idea.
October 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Skipvia: You're daaamn right.
Actually, my spawn came home from school one day a few years ago, and told us about a project the kids did on presidents. Spawn chose W. H. Taft, and as a bonus wrote some alternate lyrics to "Shaft." Now, I am unable to look at any list of U.S. presidents without getting to Taft and singing "Taft! He's one baaaaaad motherf-- Shut yo' mouth!"
Stick that in your Dara Torres and smoke it. Er... I mean... metaphorically.
October 1, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fuck
I don't know why I'm reminded of this (yes I do, too) but I suspect you'd appreciate it. On leaving a comment on a blog the other day I was asked to type in an anti-spam word. The word was "lovehaft." I kid you not.
October 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
Recta? Damn-near killed her. Who's Dara Torres?
October 1, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word fuck
Dara Torres is a U.S. olympic swimmer who won silver in Bejing at the age of 41. I forget if it was the 50 or the 100 free, but it was a *very* close race for the gold.
edit: Surprisingly, c_b and I agree on the pronunciation of Norfolk.
October 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word fuck
For some reason I keep thinking Dara Torres is a Star Trek character.
October 1, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fuck
You're thinking of B'Elanna, there, yarb.
Me too, now.
October 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word fuck
I guess so. But I can't stand Voyager, and almost never watch it. The only good character is the holographic doc. The rest make me want to slit my teeth.
October 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Are you thinking of Deanna Troi? Meh. I never understood the appeal.
October 1, 2008
skipvia commented on the word fuck
No, no, c_b. We went over Deanna before. B'Elanna Torres was on Voyager, which, as yarb correctly posits, blows dead rats.
October 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Jennarenn, you'd have to go check out the 42 page to see why we're bringing up Dara Torres. ;-)
I'm not commenting on Star Trek. Not...commenting....
October 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Oh, sorry about that. Well, there you have me: Voyager *does* blow dead rats. 42 of them, to be precise. And to get back on topic here: Fuck Voyager!
Reesetee... come on... comment on Star Trek. You know you want to! It'll make you feel good! All your friends are doing it! *waves a small Enterprise model under reesetee's nose*
October 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
*inhales fragrance of small Enterprise model*
No. No, I can't.
October 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Come onnnn... First one's free.
October 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Look, my probation officer's all over me as it is. You trying to get me in trouble?
*inhales*
October 1, 2008
smrtrthnu commented on the word fuck
why are people obsessed with slang terms and slang terms referring to sexual activity and the like?
October 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
The first word you added was clitoridectomy so perhaps you can answer that yourself.
October 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
1. Sex is fun.
2. Sex is good.
3. Sex is what most people are "obsessed" with anyway so why not words about it?
4. "Fuck" is far more versatile than just sex.
5. "Fuck" is a great word.
6. See bilby's statement.
October 17, 2008
smrtrthnu commented on the word fuck
clitoridectomy isn't a slang term
October 17, 2008
smrtrthnu commented on the word fuck
And how do you know that was the first word I added?
October 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
http://wordie.org/people/recent/smrtrthnu
October 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
1. I know things. The Oracle's tea leaves are in my compost, dig?
2. No, not a slang term. But hardly everyday parlance either.
3. (fanciful) I sense The Pattern. Or maybe it's just late on Friday. You know, if dog years are like 7 human years, then 1 human day is like a dog week. About 6 o'clock on any day for any dog is like Friday. He's not glad you're home, numb nuts, he's just jiving for the weekend. So 6 o'clock on Friday is, wow, ecstasy on a mutton bone. But I'm not a dog. And besides, it's midnight here. Whahaha-burp.
October 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Fuck.
(I just like to say it.)
October 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
Reading your comment, bilby, for some reasons I had the feeling your eyebrows are burnt.
(don't ask me why, there is no reason for that)
October 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
You're using WordiePRO, aren't you?
October 17, 2008
frindley commented on the word fuck
I am reminded of the "Songs of Praise" episode of The Vicar of Dibley. Alice has the Bible reading and is becoming increasingly confused by the descending or "long s" common in ye olde worlde printing.
ALICE: Ye are the falt of the earth, and fainted. Sainted. Thou shalt feel…seal your endeavours until ye fit on his right hand. Therefore fight the good fight for his…fake, and he shall be thy f…
VICAR: Succour. "And he shall be thy succour," thank you Alice!
You really have to watch it, the scene starts around 6:35 on this clip.
(Incidentally, Alice's reading has nothing with Song of Solomon 6:2 to do. It's more like a portmanteau Bible verse.)
October 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
Link is bodgy, frin. A bit of wordie.org/words seems to have crept in.
October 24, 2008
frindley commented on the word fuck
Thanks, I've fixed it now. Careless space after "href"…
October 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word fuck
Bewdy.
It's nigh impossible to imagine this kind of episode without a symphony of f-bombs.
October 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fuck
Ha!
October 28, 2008
kewpid commented on the word fuck
Donnie: You're such a fuck-ass.
Elizabeth:(laughing) What? Did you just call me a fuck-ass? You can just go suck a fuck!
Donnie: Please tell me Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?
Elizabeth: You want me to tell you?
Rose Darko: We will not have THIS at the dinner table.
Donnie: I'm all ears.
(Pause)
Samantha: What's a fuck-ass?
December 19, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the word fuck
You don't have to understand French to get the joke of this bilingual (subtitled) video on the perils of cross-cultural non-communication, but it helps to know that the word for the animal "seal" is ''phoque'', pronounced "fuck". The three-minute clip is funny, not vulgar, with a political point. (There's also an 8-minute version with a lot more "fucks" and ''phoques''.) It trades on a special type of false friends, words that are homophones between languages.
December 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word fuck
Going back to the original comment on this page, here is an interesting article on syntax, etc. of sexual terminology, by Jesse Sheidlower. I reiterate the article's own caveat: "WARNING: This piece contains vulgar language—lots and lots of it—that may be inappropriate for children or the faint of heart."
October 6, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word fuck
Could the etymology be related to Latin facio? (More on prong)
October 6, 2009
oroboros commented on the word fuck
The f-word reviewed.
January 11, 2010
robdacosta commented on the word fuck
why f-word???
May 25, 2010
justfarley commented on the word fuck
Thanks all for your thoughtful contributions. Over two years since the last query: as in no fucking additions to the commentary at all? This can't exhaust the veritable core of planetary evolution. Doesn't anyone remember the dinner time utterance of our horoine at a return to mother's table after a fairly short foray into the crusty world where she unwittingly remarks, " Please mother, pass the fucking risotto." Tedious indeed.
Puzzled by, "Spam?" below? Me too. Even more so about the reference to "Feeling fancy?" just above. Can't comprehend anything from the entire paragraph. But, I did just discover that wordie.org = wordnik.com
This being my first visit here I'll admit the commentary seems singularly underwhelming, especially compared to the site's more imaginative exposition. Lately I've been playing at words-brains-means stuff like Personal Brain 7, http://www.visualthesaurus.com/app/view, and... BUT having just discovered "http://www.w3.org/" here, I'm fucking blown right the fuck out of my fucking mind. Go fuckin figure.
June 5, 2012