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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language

fuck

1 verb
     
fuck1 S3 taboo spoken
1

fuck you/it/them etc

used to show that you are very angry at something or someone, or that you do not care about them at all:
• Well, fuck you then. I'll go on my own.
2 [intransitive and transitive] to have sex with someone
3

fuck me

especially British English used when you think something is surprising or impressive
4

go fuck yourself/himself/themselves etc

used to show you are very angry with someone:
• Why don't you go fuck yourself!

fuck around

phrasal verb
1 to waste time or behave in a silly or careless way:
• Will you two stop fucking around!
2

fuck somebody around/about

British English to make someone angry or annoyed by wasting their time:
• Don't fuck me around, OK?

fuck off

phrasal verb
to go away - used especially to tell someone to go away in an extremely rude way

fuck somebody ↔ over

phrasal verb
to treat someone very badly:
• They'll just fuck you over if you let them.

fuck up

phrasal verb
1

fuck somebody ↔ up

to make someone very unhappy and confused so that they cannot live normally or have normal relationships [↪ mess somebody up]:
• Heroin fucks you up.
2 to make a mistake or do something badly [↪ mess up]:
• You really fucked up this time.
fuck something ↔ up
• I'm scared of fucking things up.

fuck with somebody

phrasal verb
to annoy someone or make them angry [↪ mess with somebody]:
• I wouldn't fuck with Alfie if I were you.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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