fuck with

verb

To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.

“I fuck with you heavy.”

Meanings

verbfuck with (third-person singular simple present fucks with, present participle fucking with, simple past and past participle fucked with)

present singular third person fucks with · participle present fucking with · participle past fucked with · past fucked with

  1. idiomaticslangvulgarTo interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.

    Don't fuck with that gang! They all carry guns!

  2. idiomaticslangvulgarTo play with in a lighthearted or joking manner; kid with; play tricks on.

    Don't take it serious, man, I'm just fucking with you.

  3. idiomaticslangvulgarTo affect seriously or disturbingly; give someone a hard time; to trouble, harass.

    The thought that she might be cheating on me is really fucking with me.

  4. idiomaticslangvulgarespecially African-American VernacularTo work or associate with, roll with, have dealings with; (by extension) to like, approve of, enjoy.

    I fuck with you heavy.

    5 more examples

    “I’m promoting you, dawg. I’m planning an early retirement, and I gotta know that my business is in good hands. I worked hard to get shit to this point, yo. You think you could handle being the boss one day?” “Muthafuckin’ right,” Smurf said beating his chest. “I’m ready to do whatever is asked of me for the team.” “That’s why I fuck with you, Smurf,” Dink said with a sly smile.

    2005, Lisa Lennox, Crack Head, →ISBN, page 211

    “Yo, Kid, Dude is my cousin.” “Oh well! I’m sorry, Son, but your cousin fucked up!” “Nah, I mean, you’re my peoples. I fuck with you heavy. I don’t even fuck with that nigga like that, but he is family. If you kill him, then I gotta go to the funeral.”

    2012, Michael Archer, Trunk-Space: The Retribution of A Psychopath, →ISBN

    How can I fuck with the fun again, when I'm known?

    2013, “Tennis Court”, in Pure Heroine, performed by Lorde

    “Boss, no disrespect. I fuck with you, and what shorty just pulled was foul. I know y’all got history, but I hope you ain’t planning on going back to the bitch anytime soon.”

    2017, Dana Shontale, Naked Truth, Naked Truths, →ISBN

    RODOLFO RAMIREZ (played by Amaury Nolasco):What do you know about how we roll on the West coast? TOMMY EGAN (played by Joseph Sikora): Not much. But I fucks with that Cali herb hard.

    2019 October 7, Courtney A. Kemp, Theo Travers, Andre J. Ferguson, 21:15 from the start, in Power(Like Father, Like Son) (6), episode 7 (TV series), spoken by Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora)

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From fuck + with. In some senses, shortened from fuck around + with.

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Translations

Finnish leikkiä ,,, kanssa, juksata
  • leikkiä ,,, kanssato interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • juksatato play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • pelleilläto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • vittuillato play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • häiritäto affect seriously or disturbingly
Hebrew התעסק, הסתלבט
  • התעסק (hit'asék)to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • הסתלבט (histalbét)to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • בלגן (bilgén)to affect seriously or disturbingly
Indonesian main-main, main-main
  • main-mainto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • main-mainto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • bercandato play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • jailto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • macam-macamto affect seriously or disturbingly
  • main-mainto affect seriously or disturbingly
Polish zadzierać, dokuczać
  • zadzieraćto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • dokuczaćto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • wkurwiaćto affect seriously or disturbingly
  • wkurwićto affect seriously or disturbingly
Romanian pune, lua la pulă
  • puneto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • lua la pulăto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • bate pulato play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • influențato affect seriously or disturbingly
  • afectato affect seriously or disturbingly
Spanish joder
  • joderto affect seriously or disturbingly
Turkish kafa bulmak, uğraşmak
  • kafa bulmakto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • uğraşmakto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • sataşmakto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • bulaşmakto interact with in a careless or inappropriate way
  • takılmakto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
  • taşak geçmekto play with in a lighthearted or joking manner
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APA

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Chicago

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