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fucking

[ fuhk-ing, -in ]

/ ˈfʌk ɪŋ, -ɪn /

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adjective, adverb Slang: Vulgar.

damned; confounded (used as an intensifier).

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Origin of fucking

1670–80 for earlier gerund sense; 1890–95 for current sense; fuck + -ing²

Words nearby fucking

fuck about, fuck around, fuck buddy, fucker, fuckhead, fucking, fucking A, fuckoff, fuck over, fuckup, fuckwit

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How to use fucking in a sentence

You can file the bright and radiant Don Q Reserve 7 aged Puerto Rican rum under “Fucking Necessary,” and serve it on the rocks at this year’s six-feet-from-insanity holiday party.
The ultimate guide to queer gift giving 2020|Mikey Rox|December 4, 2020|Washington Blade
Nocera, she said, initially refused to move his car and told someone to “get a fucking tape measure.”
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“Wirecard was a war, a four-and-a-half-year fucking war,” Perring groans.
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So as we were paddling around in our kayaks, people were saying to each other, This whole fucking place is gone!
Los Angeles Is Gone - Issue 90: Something Green|Kim Stanley Robinson|October 7, 2020|Nautilus

However, in my culture, if you have a fucking problem with somebody, you tell them in two seconds.
Eric Rivera Is Playing the Game|Alberto Perez|October 1, 2020|Eater
I physically felt like I was in a fishbowl, and I was sitting on the couch with one of my best friends and Julie Fucking Andrews.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs|Kevin Fallon|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For my thesis show at RISD, I did this piece based on this book called Fucking James Franco.
James Franco Uncensored: The Actor on Broadway, NYT Hate, and That Half-Naked Instagram|Marlow Stern|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After knocking, I heard Mrs. Goode say, ‘Holy Fucking Christ.’
The Teen Love Letters that Led to a Tragic Murder-Suicide in Florida|Michael Daly|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Fucking town," Harold grumbles as he reconnoiters the tourist-dense casino.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rather the Technology Itself is, so Please Don't Be Taking No Selfies With a Fucking Windows Phone.
The Art of the Selfie|Erin Cunningham|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for fucking

fucking

/ (ˈfʌkɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb (prenominal) taboo, slang

(intensifier)turn off that fucking phone; a fucking good time

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