fuck all

/ˌfʌk ˈɔːl/

noun

Nothing at all or very little.

“I've learned fuck all.”

Similar
bugger allFanny Adamsjack allpiss allscrew allsod allfucksweet Fanny Adams
First used 20th c.
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Meanings

nounfuck all (uncountable)
  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKuncountablevulgarNothing at all or very little.

    I've learned fuck all.

    Synonyms: bugger all, Fanny Adams, jack all, piss all, screw all, sod all

determiner
  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKvulgarNothing at all or very little.

    There was fuck all else he could have done.

    2 more examples

    If you can't do this then there's fuck all hope for you.

    There are fuck all decent pubs around here.

interjection
  1. datedSynonym of fuckFirst known use 20th c.

    Fuck all! I got the clap.

    1967, Frank Reynolds, Michael McClure, Freewheelin' Frank, page 29
    1 more example

    Fuck all! He was going to pass out!

    1980, Marc Behm, The Eye of the Beholder, Mineola, NY: Dover, published 2018, page 166

    Synonyms: fuck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNothing at all or very little.

Similar
bugger allFanny Adamsjack allpiss allscrew allsod all

interjectionSynonym of fuck

Similar
fuck

More synonyms by meaning

nounlittle or nothing at all

Similar
bugger allFanny Adamssweet Fanny Adams
Broader
nothingnilnix
Also see
bugger allfanny adamsfrig itjack allnothingpiss allscrew allshit allsod allsweet fanny adams

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans fokkol
  • fokkolnothing at all or very little
Bulgarian курец
  • курец (kurec)nothing at all or very little
Chinese Cantonese 條毛 /条毛, 條撚 /条撚
  • 條毛 /条毛 (tiu⁴ mou⁴)nothing at all or very little
  • 條撚 /条撚nothing at all or very little
Chinese Mandarin 個屁 /个屁, 個雞巴 /个鸡巴
  • 個屁 /个屁nothing at all or very little
  • 個雞巴 /个鸡巴nothing at all or very little
  • 個屌 /个屌nothing at all or very little
Dutch geen zak, geen flikker
  • geen zaknothing at all or very little
  • geen flikkernothing at all or very little
Finnish paskaakaan
  • paskaakaannothing at all or very little
French que dalle
  • que dallenothing at all or very little
German einen Scheißdreck
  • einen Scheißdrecknothing at all or very little
Hungarian lófasz
  • lófasznothing at all or very little
Italian un cazzo, un cazzo di niente
  • un cazzonothing at all or very little
  • un cazzo di nientenothing at all or very little
Polish gówno, chuj
  • gównonothing at all or very little
  • chujnothing at all or very little
Portuguese porra nenhuma
  • porra nenhumanothing at all or very little
Romanian o pulă
  • o pulănothing at all or very little
Russian ни хуя́, ни хера́
  • ни хуя́ (ni xujá)nothing at all or very little
  • ни хера́ (ni xerá)nothing at all or very little
Spanish una mierda, una puta mierda
  • una mierdanothing at all or very little
  • una puta mierdanothing at all or very little
Turkish bir sikim, bir bok
  • bir sikimnothing at all or very little
  • bir boknothing at all or very little
Cite this entry
APA

fuck all. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuck%20all

MLA

“fuck all.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuck%20all. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuck all,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuck%20all.

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