frick

¹ American  

[frik] / frɪk /

noun

Informal.

fricked, fricking

1. a euphemism for the word fuck.

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Frick ² American  

[frik] / frɪk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of frick

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

Example Sentences

That comment could be the springboard for “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture,” at the Frick Collection.

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Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick, has brought together 25 splendid portraits by Gainsborough—three of them from the museum’s holdings, the rest from collections in North America and the U.K.

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Appeared in the March 5, 2026, print edition as 'Style and Station at the Frick'.

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McGrew is starting Arda with co-founder Augustus Odena, who previously co-founded Adept AI, and Palantir alums Jakob Frick and Alex Mark, the people said.

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Catholic schools and cultural institutions including the Frick Collection in New York City and the New York Public Library—whose flagship Fifth Avenue building bears Schwarzman’s name—also have been beneficiaries.

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