Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frak

/fɹæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: frak
IPA: /fɹæk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Slang

Example Sentences

"“What the frak, Dan?”"
"And I say, “Where the frak did everyone get a fake ID anyway?”"
"Her frizzy blond hair was pulled up into a twist on top of her head, and she had on billowing hakama pants that nearly overwhelmed her skinny frame and a gray T-shirt that said FRAK OFF"

Etymology

Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

fraks (present, singular) frakking (participle, present) frakked (participle, past) frakked (past) frack (alternative)

Synonyms

eff feck frack frig copulate with

Homonyms

frack

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack cook back mac iraq crack hack

Questions

How do you pronounce frak?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹæk/.
What does frak mean?: Fuck.
Where does frak come from?: Coined by an author of Battlestar Galactica (TV series). It was English frack in the original series. Changed to frak in the later series to be a four-letter word. (Compare English fraked (“evil, wicked”) and English frakel (“vile, foul, wretched, worthless”))

How to pronounce frak

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