feck

¹ British

/ fɛk /

noun

obsolete
1. worth; value
2. amount; quantity
3. the greater part; the majority

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feck ² British

/ fɛk /

verb

slang a variant of fuck

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Etymology

Origin of feck

C15 (Scottish dialect) fek , short for _effect

Example Sentences

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Those who consider YouTube hits to be the new coin of the realm can only agree in the case of Stephan Feck.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2012

Viola Davis plays the agency boss; Peter Sarsgaard is Agent Fitzgerald and Paul Dano plays Simon Feck, the scientific genius who invented the battery, and who has to be protected in a MacGuffiny way himself.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2010

Peck Lane.—Originally called Feck Lane, leading out of New Street, next to the Grammar School, was closed and cleared for the Railway Station.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

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