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feck (English)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: ɛk

Etymology 1

From - en, aphetic form of

effect

Noun

effect, value, vigor

Derived terms

feckless

Etymology 2

Possibly from the - feic||look there|lang=ga.

Verb

slang

To throw.

slang

To steal.

slang

To leave hastily.

Quotations

Etymology 3

Alteration of

fuck

Verb

- Irish fuck|Fuck (except literally).

* - author=Tim Pat Coogan|year=1970|passage=As Charlie Murphy put it to me, 'When the bishops called down fire and brimstone not a man stirred but when Joe Christle fecked off half the shagging IRA followed him!

* - work=The Herald|date=May 29|year=2004|passage=It didn't stop him turning to a reporter, saying "feck it" and nipping out anyway to talk to friends.

* - work=Sydney Morning Herald|author=Erwin James|date=January 6|year=2011|passage="My family were Irish," she says, "and the use of the word 'feck' was normal but, of course, as a child, I thought it was a swear word. My first day at Holycross I heard the nuns saying feckin' this and feckin' that and I thought, 'Oh my God, they're all swearing'

* - work=Galway Advertiser|date=January 6|year=2011|passage=the year gets off to a flying start when the words 'Oh feck' are uttered collectively by two million as the January wage sheets are handed out and the true realisation of the Budget kicks in

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