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fark

UK/fɑːk/

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Australia/fɐːk/

fark is the pronunciation spelling of fuck.

Meaning of fuck

Interjection

(vulgar)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
  2. (colloquial, vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
    • Oh, fuck! We left the back door unlocked.
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) Expressing surprise or enjoyment.
    • Fuck! That movie was good!

See all 24 meanings of fuck

Verb

fark (third-person singular simple present farks, present participle farking, simple past and past participle farked)

  1. (Internet, US, transitive) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.

Forms of fark

third-person singular presentfarks
present participlefarking
past participlefarked
pastfarked

Origin of fark

An alteration of fuck, using a non‐rhotic ⟨ar⟩ to signify an elongated /ɐ/ or /ʌ/. The spelling has been used in works by Australian satirists since at least 1970.

From the name of the popular website Fark, because when it links to a small website from its main page, the small site is often subjected to so much new traffic that it is rendered inoperable due to server failure.

Words formed from fark

Words that rhyme with fark

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Questions about fark

What does fark mean?
Fark means to subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.
What is fark the pronunciation spelling of?
Fark is the pronunciation spelling of fuck.
What part of speech is fark?
Fark is a verb.
How do you pronounce fark?
Fark is pronounced /fɐːk/ (Australia).
What is the past tense of fark?
The past tense of fark is farked.

Words near fark in the dictionary

  1. Farivelihuraa
  2. Fariza
  3. Farizas
  4. Farjeon
  5. Farjeons
  6. fark
  7. farkakt
  8. farkakta
  9. farkakte
  10. farkakteh
  11. Farkas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fark (page history and authors); fuck (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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