frick

¹

[frik]

noun

Informal.

fricked, fricking 

1. a euphemism for the word fuck.

Frick

²

[frik]

noun

1. Henry Clay, 1849–1919, U.S. industrialist, art patron, and philanthropist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frick¹

First recorded in 1975–80; euphemism perhaps modeled on frig ¹ ( def. ); fricking ( def. )

Example Sentences

When industrialist Henry Frick moved to break the union at Carnegie’s Homestead, Pa., plant in July 1892, skilled workers resisted.

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At the Frick Collection, Flora Yukhnovich’s “Four Seasons” is that rare exception, an arresting work whose location is as vital to its life as the air we breathe.

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At the Frick, in her most ambitious project to date, Ms. Yukhnovich proves her ability to work on a grand scale.

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While Ms. Yukhnovich’s work would be as beautiful anywhere, the grandeur of the Frick—casting the murals as a sort of Gilded Age, hand-painted wallpaper—as well as the proximity to Boucher’s work and other Rococo masterpieces make this presentation a singularly captivating display that fully embraces the specificity of site-specific art.

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For admirers of Golden Age Netherlandish painting, there was the small, perfect exhibition “Vermeer’s Love Letters” at New York’s Frick Collection, which united three celebrated paintings, with similar suggested narratives.

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