feck

¹ British  

/ fɛk /

noun

1. obsolete

   1. worth; value

   2. amount; quantity

   3. the greater part; the majority

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feck ² British  

/ fɛk /

verb

1. slang  a variant of fuck

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Etymology

Origin of feck

C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for _effect

Example Sentences

Apart from “feck,” the favored expletive of this early 20th century Irish milieu, the script’s most frequently deployed four-letter words are “dull” and “nice,” two words that are often hurled in Pádraic’s direction.

From Los Angeles Times

But if you’re genuinely more exercised about a political appointee being criticized, in whatever terms, than about the families she’s apparently fine with seeing torn apart, then it’s time to rethink when and about what you give a feck.

From Slate

The second may be, “I know, Feck. Women are evil, you had to kill her.”

From Salon

"If the pool doesn't change, we do!" wrote German diver Stephan Feck on his Facebook page above a photo of he and his teammates, colored green.

From Reuters

“Perhaps out of a political desire to seem more full of feck than his boss, Joe Biden declared that in response to the Islamic State beheadings ‘we will follow them to the gates of Hell until they are brought to justice.

From Washington Times