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fucking.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfʌkɪŋ/General-American[ˈfɐkɪŋ]General-American/ˈfʌkiŋ/[ˈfɐkiŋ]

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

    countable · uncountable · vulgar
    I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.

  2. An act of mistreatment.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable · vulgar
    I took a real fucking on the interest rate for that loan.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck English -ing English fucking From fuck + -ing.

adj/ˈfʌkɪŋ/General-American[ˈfɐkɪŋ]General-American/ˈfʌkiŋ/[ˈfɐkiŋ]

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

    attributive · not-comparable · vulgar
    No fucking way.
    This is a fucking nightmare!

  2. Offensive, annoying or worthless.

    attributive · not-comparable · vulgar
    Get your fucking car out of the way.
    Get me off your fucking mailing list.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck English -ing English fucking From fuck + -ing.

adv/ˈfʌkɪŋ/General-American[ˈfɐkɪŋ]General-American/ˈfʌkiŋ/[ˈfɐkiŋ]

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

    not-comparable · vulgar
    This is fucking ridiculous!
    I'm not fucking well paying this time.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck English -ing English fucking From fuck + -ing.

verb/ˈfʌkɪŋ/General-American[ˈfɐkɪŋ]General-American/ˈfʌkiŋ/[ˈfɐkiŋ]

  1. present participle and gerund of fuck

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck English -ing English fucking From fuck + -ing.

infix/ˈfʌkɪŋ/General-American[ˈfɐkɪŋ]General-American/ˈfʌkiŋ/[ˈfɐkiŋ]

  1. Alternative form of -fucking-, used when the infix is put between two words.

    alt-of · alternative · morpheme · vulgar
    New Fucking York.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree 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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