F-word


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F-word

or f-word  (ĕf′wûrd′)
n.
The word fuck or one of its forms, used as a euphemism.
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f-word

n
the f-word (sometimes capital) a euphemistic way of referring to the word fuck
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations

f-word

[ˈefˌwɜːd] N to say the f-word (euph) [of fuck] → decir "jo...roba"
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

f-word

n (inf) euphemistischer Bezug auf das Wort „fuck“ I try not to use the f-word in front of the children → ich versuche, vor den Kindern möglichst keine schlimmen Flüche zu gebrauchen; the f-word was mentioned 35 times in this short story → in dieser Kurzgeschichte steht 35mal „fuck“
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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