fsck

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/fʌsk//f(ə)sk//f͡sk/[f͡s̪k]

noun

A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.

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Meanings

nounfsck (plural fscks)

plural fscks

  1. computingA *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.
verbfsck (third-person singular simple present fscks, present participle fscking, simple past and past participle fscked)

present singular third person fscks · participle present fscking · participle past fscked · past fscked

  1. transitivecomputingTo run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.
interjection
  1. InterneteuphemisticvulgarcomputingFuck.

    2003, Agelmar, Re: SSH problem, alt.roundtable, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.roundtable/msg/789b5801baee1417?dmode=source At least I know what the fsck is going on with Slack...

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    At some point in your Linux career you should ask yourself: "If there are 3.4 million successful, happy Mandrake users...what the fsck is wrong with me?"

    2002, David D. Huff Jr., “Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake (Usenet)

    What the fsck are you on?

    2002, Lev Lafayette, “Re: "We are all Africans under the Skin"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.white (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fuck

Origin

Abbreviation of file system check in imitation of fuck.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fsck

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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