effing

English

Etymology

From eff (“fuck”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfɪŋ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛfɪŋ

Adjective

effing (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic, slang) Minced oath of fucking.

   Synonyms: flaming, flipping, freaking, fricking, funking

   The effing car's broken down again!

Translations

minced oath of fucking

• German: verflixt (de), Mist-
• Portuguese: do cão (pt), do caneco, pra caneco, ate dizer chega, a beça, pra K7, bagarai (pt), pra chuchu (pt)
• Russian: грёбаный (ru) (grjóbanyj), долбаный (ru) (dolbanyj)

Adverb

effing (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic, slang) Minced oath of fucking.

   She is effing hot!

   I effing hate snow!

   • 2024 November 18, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “March Madness” (16:46 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎^[1], season 6, episode 7, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):

     “I will say, though, it felt effing fantastic.”

Verb

effing

1. present participle and gerund of eff

   I wish he'd stop effing and blinding.

Related terms

• eff and blind
• effing and blinding

Anagrams

• Giffen