Word.ws English Dictionary

give a fuck

/ˈɡɪvəˌfʌk/

give a fuck verb: to care; to give a shit.

Verb

give a fuck (third-person singular simple present gives a fuck, present participle giving a fuck, simple past gave a fuck, past participle given a fuck)

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To care; to give a shit.
    • The committee doesn't give a fuck about this issue, but you know what, I give a fuck!
    • I don't give a fuck/They done pushed me to my limit, I'm all in/I might blow up any minute, did it again1992, “I Don’t Give a Fuck”, Tupac Amaru Shakur (music)
    Synonyms:
    becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry

Synonyms of give a fuck

Forms of give a fuck

third-person singular presentgives a fuck
present participlegiving a fuck
pastgave a fuck
past participlegiven a fuck

Words formed from give a fuck

Questions about give a fuck

What does give a fuck mean?
Give a fuck means to care; to give a shit.
What part of speech is give a fuck?
Give a fuck is a verb.
How do you pronounce give a fuck?
Give a fuck is pronounced /ˈɡɪvəˌfʌk/.
What is the past tense of give a fuck?
The past tense of give a fuck is gave a fuck.

Words near give a fuck in the dictionary

  1. give a dog a bad name and hang him
  2. give a fig
  3. give a flying crap
  4. give a flying fuck
  5. give a flying shit
  6. give a fuck
  7. give a gaf
  8. give a goddamn
  9. give a good account of oneself
  10. give a good damn
  11. give a good goddamn

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: give a 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-give a fuck.ogg.

Cite this entry: “give a fuck.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/give_a_fuck. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.