Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fricking

/ˈfɹɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: frick-ing
IPA: /ˈfɹɪkɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

Colloquial

adv

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Throw me a fricking bone here!"
"Geez, how many fricking questions are in this passage?"
"You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!"
"What are you fricking looking at?"
"He was so fricking drunk, he passed out kneeling in front of the toilet."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

fricken (alternative) frickin (alternative) frickin' (alternative) frigging (alternative)

Synonyms

flipping flogging freaking frigging

Rhymes With

picking kicking sticking clicking licking ticking tricking flicking dicking pricking bricking

Questions

How do you pronounce fricking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɪkɪŋ/.
What does fricking mean?: A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

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