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feck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Scots, aphetic form of effect.
Noun
feck (plural fecks)
- Effect, value; vigor.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 64:
- some of which have earned a small academic following for their technical feck and for a pathos that was somehow both surreally abstract and CNS-rendingly melodramatic at the same time.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 64:
- (Scotland) The greater or larger part.
- a. 1786, Robert Burns, The Carle of Kellyburn Braes
- I hae been a devil the feck o' my life
- a. 1786, Robert Burns, The Carle of Kellyburn Braes
Derived terms
- feckless
Verb
feck (third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked)
- (Ireland, slang) To throw.
- (Ireland, slang) To steal.
- (Ireland, slang, sometimes with off) To leave hastily.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:feck.
Etymology 2
Alteration of fuck.
Verb
feck (third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked)
- (euphemistic, chiefly Ireland) Fuck.
- 1995, Graham Linehan & al., "Good Luck, Father Ted", Father Ted Series 1, Episode 1, Channel Four:
- Father Jack Hackett: Tea? Feck!
...
Mrs. Doyle: I'll tell you what, Father. I'll pour a cup for ye anyway and y' can have it if ya want. Now... And what do you say to a cup?
Father Jack Hackett: Feck off, cup!
- Father Jack Hackett: Tea? Feck!
- 1995, Graham Linehan & al., "Good Luck, Father Ted", Father Ted Series 1, Episode 1, Channel Four:
Synonyms
- eff, frak, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
Scots
Etymology
From Early Scots fek, aphetic form of Middle English effect, from Old French effect.
Noun
feck (plural fecks)
- (obsolete) effect
- (obsolete) value
- A large amount, or the majority of something.
References
- “feck” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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geck
English
Etymology
From Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian/North Germanic meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gjække, Swedish gäcka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
geck (countable and uncountable, plural gecks)
- scorn; derision; contempt
- (archaic, derogatory, poetic) Fool; idiot; imbecile
Verb
geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To jeer; to show contempt for.
- To cheat or trick.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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