Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phuck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: phuck
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Nonstandard spelling of fuck.

Slang

verb

Filter-avoidance spelling of fuck.

Example Sentences

"So now it's four days later and the problem, precisely phrased, is how to get the phucking leg up off the phucking bed. Sweating and cursing, try as I will, I cannot lift that phucking limb."
"“My Lord, you really phucked him up,” said Winola. “I have never seen anything like that before.”"
"He breathed in again and gritted what teeth he had left. When he exhaled, saliva and blood poured out of his mouth, as well as another blood bubble. “Phuck you Natshi!”"

Etymology

From the Latin script letter f being replaced by Ancient Greek φ (ph), pronounced /pʰ/ → /ɸ/ → /f/.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φ

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

phucks (present, singular) phucking (participle, present) phucked (participle, past) phucked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

phaggot

Questions

What does phuck mean?: Nonstandard spelling of fuck.
Where does phuck come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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