fuck! excl.
1. (also frack!) an excl. of anger, surprise, dismay, disbelief, resignation, esp. in combs.
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Ulysses 705: I was coming for about 5 minutes with my legs round him I had to hug him after O Lord I wanted to shout out all sorts of things fuck or shit or anything at all. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | (con. 1916) Her Privates We (1986) 160: A man, stumbling on a defective, or slippery duck-board, uttered under his breath a monosyllabic curse. . . ‘Fuck . . .’. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Candy (1970) 46: Suck! Fuck! Shit! Piss! Cunt! Cock! Crap! | |
| Absolute Beginners 81: ‘Oh f—k,’ I thought. | |
| Baron’s Court All Change (2011) 26: Fuck, I thought, you can’t get away from the horrors of life. | |
| East in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 63: Oh fuck, Harry’s farted again. | |
| Decadence in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 35: We’re overdrawn / oh fuck / the kids need more socks. | |
| Wiseguy (2001) 197: Fuck! These are no good! | |
| Commitments 89: Mickah Wallace is goin’ to do the door for us. – Oh, good fuck! said Outspan. | |
| Homeboy 55: ‘Fuck!’ He balled his fists [...] searching for an object to strike. | |
| You Got Nothing Coming 13: A skinny fish like you, never been down, never even been arrested before, fuck! — the cons in the joint will be celebrating around your asshole. | |
![[SA]](/static/img/flags/sa.png "South Africa") | Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 14 Jan. 🌐 Fok! — it is better than anything else to relieve pain when hammering thumb instead of nail. | |
| Gutshot Straight [ebook] ‘Frack.’ He sighed. |
2. a verbal punctuation, with no real meaning.
| et al. Angel Dust 124: No, well fuck man, I mean look at it when you were in high school you know at my age the only think you heard about drugs period was if you smoked marihuana you’d go on to heroin and be addicted you know by the end of the first week. |
In exclamations
an excl. of absolute rebuttal, i.e. the hell I will! no I certainly won’t/don’t!; also used with ‘you’, ‘we’, etc.
| Mint (1955) 71: ‘Back her in and drop the tailboard,’ saith the Corporal. But the driver is an old sweat [...] ‘Will I fuck!’. | |
| Accounts in Gay Plays (1984) 145/2: andy: Spends all day washing hisself. donald: Do I nick! | |
| Viz Oct./Nov. 3: Is it fuck! Tom, tell him how to spell stomach. | |
| On the Ledge 3: I wasn’t goin’ down there to thieve. Was I fuck. | |
| A Picture of Paradise in McGuinness Dazzling Dark (1996) Act II: Will it shite, will it shite happen to me! It’s not going to happen to me, d’you hear me. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Filth 39: Do we care? Do we fuck! | |
| Hooky Gear 15: Touch anyfink? [...] Did we fuck. | |
| Outlaws (ms.) 3: Is Big Brother in some small way pleased for the runt of the litter? Is he fuck. |
(Aus.) excl. of annoyance, frustration.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Silver [ebook] ‘Pointless day. A waste of time. Fuck-knuckles’. |
an excl. of emphatic denial.
| (con. early 1950s) Valhalla 50: ‘Are they all like Zorn?’ ‘Fuck no, man.’. | |
| Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1994) 76: Fuck no. | |
| Because the Night 115: ‘You didn't ask him where he was going?’ ‘Fuck no. He's paid up’. | |
| Hot House 354: [D]o you actually think I could change? [...] You think I’m going to be happy working at some fast-foot joint flipping burgers [...] ? Fuck, no. | |
| Grits 38: A didunt fancy er [...] fuck no, scraggy old boot, witchy, sour-face. [Ibid.] 69: Fire’s ee only light, no fuckin leccy yer, fuck no. |
(US) an excl. of rage.
| Ball Four 199: ‘Oh shitfuck,’ Joe Schultz said [...] ‘Oh fuckshit.’. | |
| Secret of Fire Five 78: We—were—cut—off! Fuck! Shit! Fuckshit! |
an excl. of emphatic affirmation.
| Hot House 354: ‘Have I robbed banks? Yeah, fuck yes. Am I an outlaw? Yeah, fuck yes’. | |
| Reach 111: ‘Way to go!’ shouts someone. ‘Fuck, yeah,’ cries another. | |
| ‘Just a Bastard’ 🌐 Oh God, eat my pussy, eat me, eat me, eat my cunt. Fuck yes, keep sucking you little cuntlapper. | |
| We Own This City 154: He is off the fucking chain, yo, that n—— [sic] yo, he’s off the chain, yo.’ ‘Fuck yeah.’. |
phr. of dismissal: ‘don’t be stupid’, ‘away with you!’.
| All the Colours 154: ‘Can I make a contribution to the Christmas fund?’ ‘Get yourself to fuck, big lad’. |