effing

E1F4F4I1N1G2
/ˈɛfɪŋ/

adjective

Minced oath of fucking.

“She is effing hot!”

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveeffing (not comparable)
  1. euphemisticnot comparableslangMinced oath of fucking.

    The effing car's broken down again!

    Synonyms: flaming, flipping, freaking, fricking, funking

adverbeffing (not comparable)
  1. euphemisticnot comparableslangMinced oath of fucking.

    She is effing hot!

    2 more examples

    I effing hate snow!

    “I will say, though, it felt effing fantastic.”

    2024 November 18, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “March Madness” (16:46 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 7, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of eff

    I wish he'd stop effing and blinding.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMinced oath of fucking.

Origin

Translations

German verflixt, Mist-
  • verflixtminced oath of fucking
  • Mist-minced oath of fucking
Portuguese do cão, do caneco
  • do cãominced oath of fucking
  • do canecominced oath of fucking
  • pra canecominced oath of fucking
  • ate dizer chegaminced oath of fucking
  • a beçaminced oath of fucking
  • pra K7minced oath of fucking
  • bagaraiminced oath of fucking
  • pra chuchuminced oath of fucking
Russian грёбаный, долбаный
  • грёбаный (grjóbanyj)minced oath of fucking
  • долбаный (dolbanyj)minced oath of fucking
Swedish jäkla, attans
  • jäklaminced oath of fucking
  • attansminced oath of fucking

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Cite this entry
APA

effing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effing

MLA

“effing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effing.

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