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In some senses, eff is marked as slang, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
eff
/ɛf/
noun 2verb 2name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
utter, wrong
VERB + EFF
said
EFF + NOUN
en, legere
PREP.
about, off, out
ADV.
anyway
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative spelling of ef; the name of the Latin script letter F/f.
Why against printers all this noise? This summoning of blackguard boys? Why so sagacious in your guesses? Your effs, and tees, and arrs, and eſſes? Take my advice; to make you safe, I know a shorter way be half.
‘Eff. You. En,’ said Mr Banstead. ‘Fun![…]’
verb
1
Synonym of fuck.
Eff off!
And he kept saying, "Effing this, effing that."
verb
1
To put into words; to express.
[…] and perhaps also because what we know partakes in no small measure of the nature of what has so happily been called the unutterable or ineffable, so that any attempt to utter or eff it is doomed to fail, doomed, doomed to fail.
They, no more than we, found it hard to eff the ineffable, but they, you see, needed to console themselves more.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — have sexual intercourse with
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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Why against printers all this noise? This summoning of blackguard boys? Why so sagacious in your guesses? Your effs, and tees, and arrs, and eſſes? Take my advice; to make you safe, I know a shorter w
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‘Eff. You. En,’ said Mr Banstead. ‘Fun![…]’
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A or an? When an indefinite article precedes an acronym or initialism, the choice between a and an follows from the pronunciation: / a FAQ file (“fack”; but “an FAQ file” with the alternate pronunciat
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Eff off!
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And he kept saying, "Effing this, effing that."
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“Holy moly. What the heck is happening here? Hey, hey! Let me out of here. Hey, you. Give me back control of my body.” “[scoffs] Nah, dude, this is my body. You already effed it up.” “No, it's not.” “
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