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drop the f-bomb

drop the f-bomb verb: to utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.

Verb (1)

drop the f-bomb (third-person singular simple present drops the f-bomb, present participle dropping the f-bomb, simple past and past participle dropped the f-bomb)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.
    • I swear to God, I've never heard David (Robinson) or Avery (Johnson) swear. I sometimes sit down and think, "Gosh, I've never heard them drop the F-bomb."1999 June 16, Lisa Olsen, “Good Guys Wear Black”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 03 Jan 2009
    • It's fitting that Clay Aiken, a man who rarely, if ever, drops the f-bomb, topped the list of the Ten Best-Mannered People of 2003.2003 December 19, “For The Record”, in MTV.com
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To say the word faggot.

Verb (2) capitalized: drop the F-bomb

drop the F-bomb (third-person singular simple present drops the F-bomb, present participle dropping the F-bomb, simple past and past participle dropped the F-bomb)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of drop the f-bomb.

Forms of drop the f-bomb

third-person singular presentdrops the f-bomb
present participledropping the f-bomb
past participledropped the f-bomb
pastdropped the f-bomb
alternative formdrop the F-bomb
third-person singular presentdrops the F-bomb
present participledropping the F-bomb
past participledropped the F-bomb
pastdropped the F-bomb

Questions about drop the f-bomb

What does drop the f-bomb mean?
Drop the f-bomb means to utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.
What part of speech is drop the f-bomb?
Drop the f-bomb is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop the f-bomb?
The past tense of drop the f-bomb is dropped the f-bomb.

Words near drop the f-bomb in the dictionary

  1. drop tanks
  2. drop target
  3. drop targets
  4. drop the ball
  5. drop the bomb
  6. drop the f-bomb
  7. drop the gloves
  8. drop the H-bomb
  9. drop the hammer
  10. drop the hand
  11. drop the handkerchief

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