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frak en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /fɹæk/

Etymology

Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, slang) Fuck.
    • Her frizzy blond hair was pulled up into a twist on top of her head, and she had on billowing hakama pants that nearly overwhelmed her skinny frame and a gray T-shirt that said FRAK OFF 2011, Diana Rowland, Secrets of the Demon:
    • And I say, “Where the frak did everyone get a fake ID anyway?” 2010, John Green, David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson:
    • “What the frak, Dan?” 2007, Tara McCarthy, Wouldn't Miss It for the World, page 258:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frack alternative lexicographic
fraks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frakked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frakked Tense=Past lexicographic
frakking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

feck · frack · copulate with · eff · frig