2. Adverb. (euphemistic slang) (form of a bowdlerization fucking) ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of eff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effing
1. eff [v] - See also: eff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effing
Literary usage of Effing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1850)
"effing. Did you observe anything particular in that lady who left the «hip just
... effing. About the time a villain of a Spaniard stabbed me in the night ? ..."
2. Memoirs of the Court of King James the First by Lucy Aikin (1822)
"—Ben Jonson's mask of Blackness,—lady performers.— Countess of Bedford,—verses
on her—ladies Derby— S. Herbert—Suffolk—E. Howard—A. Herbert—effing., ..."
3. The Truth of the Christian Religion: In Six Books by Hugo Grotius, Jean Le Clerc (1777)
"And the great Impediments that hindered Men from embracing it, or deterred them
from prof effing it. ..."
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