feck

«feck» in Mova's school dictionary: an exclamation of anger or surprise, a softer stand-in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

exclamation; verb (feck, fecks, fecked, fecking — Irish slang); adjective use (fecking)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Irish slang, mild swearing) an exclamation of anger or surprise, a softer stand-in for the f-word. tree →

2) (Irish, slang) to throw: «feck it over here». tree →

3) (Irish, slang) to steal: «he fecked a bar of chocolate». tree →

4) «feck off» (rude) go away. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in Ireland, where it is seen as much milder than the f-word and is heard on TV comedy; elsewhere it sounds Irish and rude. Rough everyday talk; not for school or polite company, though adults in Ireland use it lightly. Often used for comedy.

examples

• Ah, feck, I've left my keys at home. tree →
• Feck off, will ya, I'm trying to watch the match. tree →
• Somebody fecked my bike from outside the shop! tree →
• Feck it, we'll just go anyway. tree →
• The fecking bus is late again. tree →
• Feck that over here, would you? tree →
• Granny in the TV show shouted "Feck!" and the audience laughed. tree →
• It's still rude to say "feck" to a teacher, even in Ireland. tree →

note

Trap: it is milder than the word it replaces, but it is still swearing, so not for school work. Its meanings «throw» and «steal» are Irish only. Plain words: «damn», «oh no», «go away», «stole».

In the corpora

• "Feck" is an Irish word, milder than the f-word, used in anger or as a joke.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «feck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.