Meaning

2 senses

  1. (euphemistic, slang)Synonym of fuck.

    Eff off!

    And he kept saying, "Effing this, effing that."

  2. To put into words; to express.

More definitions
  • have sexual intercourse with

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I'm fed up with this effing weather.

    ruЯ сыт этой дрянной погодой по горло.

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  2. I said something wrong ... eff me.

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  3. "Well, that's effing stupid."

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  4. The EFF has come out in favor of murderous gang of stalkers Kiwi Farms.

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Origin

From the name of the letter f (see etymology 1), the initial letter of fuck. Compare pee.

From the name of the letter f (see etymology 1), the initial letter of fuck. Compare pee.

Back-formation from ineffable, ultimately from Latin effor (“utter”).

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Forms

effs, effing, effed, effed
Base formeff · to eff
3rd person singulareffs
Present participleeffing
Past simpleeffed
Past participleeffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeff
he, she, iteffs

Past simpleLesson

all personseffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave effed
he, she, ithas effed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eff

Synonyms

29 synonyms
forkA2funkB2feckfrakfrigfuck

Word family

6 related words
Relatedeffableineffable
Derivedeff alleffereffingeff off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eelgrasseerieeerilyeffectA2effectiveB1
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