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eff

1

[ ef ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Stop effing around and get to work!

    Eff you, you lout!



noun

  1. the word “fuck”; the f-word:

    peppering his speech with superfluous and highly offensive effs.

verb phrase

  1. Go away!:

    Eff off and die, you piece of Martian scum!

eff.

2

abbreviation for

  1. efficient, efficiency.
  2. effective, effectiveness.

eff

/ ɛf /

verb

  1. taboo.
    euphemism for fuck

    eff off

  2. eff and blind slang.
    to use obscene language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈeffing, nounadjectiveadverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eff1

1940–45; euphemism for fuck, with eff as spelled form of the name of the initial letter
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Example Sentences

My sister went to college all the way until she had like one or two more credits to take, and then she was just like, “Eff this.”

"He was told to eff-off on more than one accession by the surfers here," Mr Robinson said in a phone call today.

A spreadsheet prepared by EFF shows judges dismissing 40,000 defendants from such lawsuits.

I'm doing what I love best for a few short hours—so eff Madoff right now.

The girl Eff sat by the fireplace, humming some light measure.

Wal, I toled har, Id stan' by har eff evrithing went ter h—l—an I wil, by ——.

She had a little maid who attended her,—Eff she called her,—and the girl stood by to watch while Anne did my bidding.

So I got the tackle of Eff's father—rude enough it was in all conscience—and in the early afternoon I set out to the sport.

Then she stopped exhausted, smiled on Eff, who sat like a cinder-witch all the while, and smoothed the hair from her brow.

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