Dictionary

fuck with en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fuck + with. In some senses, shortened from fuck around + with.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.
   • Don't fuck with that gang! They all carry guns!
2. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To play with in a lighthearted or joking manner; kid with; play tricks on.
   • Don't take it serious, man, I'm just fucking with you.
3. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To affect seriously or disturbingly; give someone a hard time; to trouble, harass.
   • The thought that she might be cheating on me is really fucking with me.
4. (idiomatic, qualifier:especially African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) To work or associate with, roll with, have dealings with; (by extension) to like, approve of, enjoy.
   • “I’m promoting you, dawg. I’m planning an early retirement, and I gotta know that my business is in good hands. I worked hard to get shit to this point, yo. You think you could handle being the boss one day?” “Muthafuckin’ right,” Smurf said beating his chest. “I’m ready to do whatever is asked of me for the team.” “That’s why I fuck with you, Smurf,” Dink said with a sly smile. 2005, Lisa Lennox, Crack Head, →ISBN, page 211:
   • RODOLFO RAMIREZ (played by Amaury Nolasco):What do you know about how we roll on the West coast? TOMMY EGAN (played by Joseph Sikora): Not much. But I fucks with that Cali herb hard. 2019 October 7, Courtney A. Kemp, Theo Travers, Andre J. Ferguson, 21:15 from the start, in Power(Like Father, Like Son) (6), episode 7 (TV series), spoken by Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora):
   • How can I fuck with the fun again, when I'm known? 2013, “Tennis Court”, in Pure Heroine, performed by Lorde:
   • “Yo, Kid, Dude is my cousin.” “Oh well! I’m sorry, Son, but your cousin fucked up!” “Nah, I mean, you’re my peoples. I fuck with you heavy. I don’t even fuck with that nigga like that, but he is family. If you kill him, then I gotta go to the funeral.” 2012, Michael Archer, Trunk-Space: The Retribution of A Psychopath, →ISBN:
   • I fuck with you heavy.
   • “Boss, no disrespect. I fuck with you, and what shorty just pulled was foul. I know y’all got history, but I hope you ain’t planning on going back to the bitch anytime soon.” 2017, Dana Shontale, Naked Truth, Naked Truths, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

unfuckwithable

Relateds

mess with

Translations (24)

fi leikkiä ,,, kanssa (to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way) · pl dokuczać (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · id main-main (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · pl wkurwiać (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · id main-main (to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way) · fi juksata (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · pl zadzierać (to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way) · pl wkurwić (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · es joder (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · ro lua la pulă (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · ro pune (to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way) · id jail (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · id main-main (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · ro afecta (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · he בלגן (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · fi häiritä (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · fi pelleillä (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · fi vittuilla (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · ro influența (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · id macam-macam (to affect seriously or disturbingly) · he הסתלבט (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · id bercanda (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · ro bate pula (to play with in a lighthearted or joking manner) · he התעסק (to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way)