WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fuck
(fuk),USA pronunciation [Vulgar.]
v.t.
v.i.
interj.
n.
fuck′y, adj.
v.t.
- Slang Termsto have sexual intercourse with.
- Slang Termsto treat unfairly or harshly.
v.i.
- Slang Termsto have sexual intercourse.
- Slang Termsto meddle (usually fol. by around or with).
- Slang Terms fuck around:
- to behave in a frivolous or meddlesome way.
- to engage in promiscuous sex.
- Slang Terms fuck off:
- to shirk one's duty;
malinger. - go away: used as an exclamation of impatience.
- to waste time.
- to shirk one's duty;
- Slang Terms fuck up:
- to bungle or botch;
ruin. - to act stupidly or carelessly;
cause trouble;
mess up.
- to bungle or botch;
interj.
- Slang Terms(used to express anger, disgust, peremptory rejection, etc., often fol. by a pronoun, as you orit.)
n.
- Slang Termsan act of sexual intercourse.
- Slang Termsa partner in sexual intercourse.
- Slang Termsa person, esp. one who is annoying or contemptible.
- Slang Terms give a fuck, to care;
be concerned. - Slang Terms the fuck, (used as an intensifier, esp. with WH-questions, to express annoyance, impatience, etc.)
- akin to Middle Dutch fokken to thrust, copulate with, Swedish dialect, dialectal focka to copulate with, strike, push, fock penis 1495–1505
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