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effs

/ˈɛfs/

effs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eff.

effs is the plural of eff.

Meaning of eff

Verb (1)

eff (third-person singular simple present effs, present participle effing, simple past and past participle effed)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Synonym of fuck.
    • Eff off!
    Synonyms:
    feck, frak, frig, fork, funk, fuck

Verb (2)

eff (third-person singular simple present effs, present participle effing, simple past and past participle effed)

  1. To put into words; to express.
    • […] and perhaps also because what we know partakes in no small measure of the nature of what has so happily been called the unutterable or ineffable, so that any attempt to utter or eff it is doomed to fail, doomed, doomed to fail.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Noun capitalized: Effs

Effs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of effs.

Phrases with effs

Words that rhyme with effs

Questions about effs

What is effs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Effs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eff.
What part of speech is effs?
Effs is a noun.
How do you pronounce effs?
Effs is pronounced /ˈɛfs/.

Words near effs in the dictionary

  1. effrontery
  2. effronting
  3. effrontit
  4. effronts
  5. effrontuous
  6. effs
  7. effs and blinds
  8. effs and jeffs
  9. effs off
  10. effs up
  11. effulge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: effs (page history and authors); Effs (page history and authors); eff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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