fucking

plural fuckings · alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin · alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin'

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

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

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   c 1674, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, A Satyr on Charles II Like the French fool, that wanders up and down Starving his people, hazarding his crown. Peace is his aim, his gentleness is such, And love he loves, for he loves fucking much.

   Synonyms: coitus, frig, screw, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce

2. countablefigurativelyuncountablevulgarAn act of mistreatment.

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

alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin · alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin'

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

   No fucking way.

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   This is a fucking nightmare!

   Give me the fucking key!

   Open the fucking locker!

   Yeah, she caught my eye, as I walked on by / She could see from my face that I was fucking high

   2005, James Blunt, “You're Beautiful”, in Back to Bedlam

   “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.”

   2006 March 6, Lauren Collins, quoting Harriet Sohmers Zwerling, “Last Bohemians”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2019

   Synonyms: fecking, freaking, fricking, frigging, flipping, fuckening, goddamn, 4ucking

2. attributivenot comparablevulgarOffensive, annoying or worthless.

   Get your fucking car out of the way.

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   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.

   2022 November 10, Adam Gabbatt, quoting Rupert Murdoch, “Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023

   Liam has more beefs than an episode of The Bear—with Damon “that dick out of blur” Albarn, the Spice Girls’ (Mel C (who offered to fight Liam at the Brits), and, in a seemingly neverending feud, with Robbie “fat fucking idiot” Williams. Liam once said, “Chris Martin looks like a geography teacher,” called footballer Wayne Rooney “a fucking balloon with a fucking Weetabix crushed on top,” and said, “Everyone [in Mumford & Sons] looks like they’ve got fucking nits and eat lentil soup with their sleeves rolled up.”

   2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2024

   Synonyms: cocking, no good, pesky, aggravating, aggy, annoying, wretched, displeasing

alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin · alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin'

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fuck

alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin · alternative pronunciation spelling fuckin'

1. not comparablevulgarReally, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.

   This is fucking ridiculous!

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   I'm not fucking well paying this time.

   You've never seen a bunch of guys more fucking shocked to lose

   2004, Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza, Tommy Land, page 79

   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.

   2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 81

   Synonyms: damn, flipping, freaking, above a bit, absolutely, sorely, widely, horribly

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

   New Fucking York.

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   She had been, as I say, drinking all afternoon and she suddenly howled, “Ten o’clock! It’s ten o’fucking clock! Why doesn’t he come? Why in God’s name doesn’t he come?” Something along those lines.

   1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 27

   […] I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber.

   1992, Roger Waters, Q Magazine

   If you wanted some background information on me, Holden, all you had to do was ask. I would have gladly volunteered it. You didn't have to go playing Hercule fucking Poirot!

   1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy (motion picture), spoken by Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams)

   Far out, man. Far fucking out!

   1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges)

   Fuck the Big Fucking Bang.

   2021, Mind & Body: Mental Exercises for Physical Wellbeing; Physical Exercises for Mental Wellbeing, The School of Life, →ISBN, page 75

   Synonyms: fkn

1. A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.

   Located 260km (161 miles) west of Vienna, Fucking has in recent years become a popular stop-off point for tourists, particularly from English-speaking countries, who snap pictures of themselves by the signposts at the entrance and exit to the village and post them on social media.

   2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2021