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fecking

fecking is the present participle and gerund of feck.

Meaning of feck

Verb (1)

feck (third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked)

  1. (Ireland, slang) To steal.
    • —But why did they run away, tell us?
      —I know why, Cecil Thunder said. Because they had fecked cash out of the rector's room.
      —Who fecked it?
      —Kickham's brother. And they all went shares in it. But that was stealing. How could they have done that?1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Verb (2)

feck (third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked)

  1. (Ireland, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
    • Earlier there was a dispute between the Chair and Proinsias de Rossa concerning the words used when a wife is getting rid of her husband. In the case of Deserted Wives' Allowance, Mr de Rossa said, it had to be proved that the wife didn't tell her husband to "feck off". Mr Tunney suggested that...1987 April 3, Deaglán Bréadún, “Ruairi shows the grey-suits how to break moulds”, in The Irish Times
    Synonyms:
    eff, frak, frig

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Questions about fecking

What is fecking the present participle and gerund of?
Fecking is the present participle and gerund of feck.

Words near fecking in the dictionary

  1. feckful
  2. feckfully
  3. feckier
  4. feckiest
  5. feckin'
  6. fecking
  7. feckins
  8. feckless
  9. fecklessly
  10. fecklessness
  11. fecklessnesses

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