fack
fack noun: one of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch. Also the pronunciation spelling of fuck.
Noun (1)
fack (plural facks)
Noun (2)
fack (plural facks)
- A long-handed spade, especially used for turf.
- Preparation, burning, facks and mattocks.1778, John Wynn Baker, The Reclaiming and Cultivation of a Bog in the County of Kildare, Dublin: S. Powell, page 8
- Tom, in his hurry, had nivir minded the bringin' a fack wid him, so he thought to run home and fetch one, an' that he might know the place agin, he tuk aff one o' his red garthers, and tied it round the bolyawn.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 375
Also used as
fack is also the pronunciation spelling of fuck.
Forms of fack
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | facks |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fec |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | facks |
| present participle | facking |
| past participle | facked |
| past | facked |
Origin of fack
From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.
Words formed from fack
Words that rhyme with fack
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- plaque
- whack
- slack
- Cadillac
- swack
- thwack
- pac
- shack
- bivouac
- cack
- clack
- gack
- lack
- smack
- unpack
- wrack
- aback
- flak
- hark back
- mack
- claque
- flack
- knack
- quack
- shellac
- snack
- yak
- Aach
- ack
- gak
- mac
- Meshach
- multitrack
- plack
- snacc
- wack
- akh
- alack
- awrack
- brach
- cac
- Cayman Brac
- Chiraq
- cook back
- craic
- diclofenac
- dictionary attack
- dime back
Questions about fack
- What does fack mean?
- Fack means one of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
- What part of speech is fack?
- Fack is a noun.
- What is the plural of fack?
- The plural of fack is facks.
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