frick

«frick» in Mova's school dictionary: a softer stand-in for the f-word to show annoyance or… — 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 (frick!); verb (frick, fricks, fricked, fricking — slang); adjective use (fricking)

meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, mild swearing, mainly US) a softer stand-in for the f-word to show annoyance or surprise: «Oh, frick!» tree →

2) «what the frick» = a milder version of a rude exclamation of shock. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by teenagers, in cartoons and by adults who don't want to swear in front of kids; informal and mild, US and Canada mostly. Still sounds rude to some people.

examples

• Oh frick, I forgot my lunch. tree →
• What the frick was that noise? tree →
• Frick! I stubbed my toe. tree →
• The cartoon character says "frick" instead of swearing. tree →
• "Frick, we're late!" shouted my brother. tree →
• Frick, the Wi-Fi's down again. tree →
• He says "frick" so much that his mum banned it. tree →
• "Frick" sounds silly, but some teachers still won't allow it. tree →

note

Trap: it is a minced oath, so it hints at a rude word; avoid in school writing. Plain meaning: «oh no!», «damn!».

In the corpora

• "Frick" is American slang used instead of the f-word.

Trees and pragmatics

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