eff
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Definition
- Verb:
- To have sexual intercourse with: A coarse, informal, and often offensive verb meaning to engage in sexual activity with someone. It is a euphemistic spelling of a common vulgar term.
Usage
- The word "eff" is a direct, often impolite substitute for a more common vulgar verb. It is primarily used in informal, coarse, or deliberately provocative contexts. It functions as a transitive verb, taking a direct object (the person with whom one has intercourse).
Examples
- Verb:
- He claimed to have effed half the people at the party.
- The angry rant was full of lines like, "Eff this and eff that!"
- In the graffiti, someone had written, "Eff the police!"
Advanced Usage
- "To eff off": A phrasal verb meaning to go away, used as a rude command.
- He told his annoying neighbor to eff off.
- "To eff up": A phrasal verb meaning to ruin, damage, or make a serious mistake.
- I really effed up the presentation by forgetting my notes.
Variants and Related Words
- Effing (adj/adv): A euphemistic adjective or adverb used for emphasis, substituting for a vulgar term.
- This effing computer keeps crashing!
- Effed (adj): A past participle often used to mean ruined, broken, or in a terrible situation.
- If the boss finds out, we're totally effed.
Synonyms
- Sleep with: A common, more neutral synonym.
- Have sex with: A direct, clinical synonym.
- Bang: A coarse, informal synonym.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Eff around: To waste time or mess about; sometimes implies engaging in casual sexual activity.
- Stop effing around and get to work.
- Eff over: To treat someone unfairly, to cheat or betray someone.
- The company completely effed me over on my severance pay.
Related Idioms
- Eff all: A vulgar idiom meaning "nothing at all."
- I know eff all about quantum physics.
- Eff you: A highly offensive expression of contempt, anger, or dismissal.
- He just looked at me and said, "Eff you."
Verb
- have sexual intercourse with
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?