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

Italy had a big influx of quickie "flying tours," with most visitors asking American Express the directions to the fountain into which Gregory feck and Audrey Hepburn threw coins.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That minister preaches the feck o' his best sermons oot o' the pulpit," said I, as I bade Andrew good-day and went back into the High Street, from which the folk were beginning to scatter.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

For ane 'at has the hairmlessness o' the doo 'n this ill wulled warl', there's a feck o' ten 'at has the wisdom o' the serpent.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

"Indeed, the maist feck o' them," said the weaver.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Stevison maun hae sent ye the feck o’ twenty sangs—fifteen I’se warrant.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis