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单词 eff
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Definition of eff in English:

eff

verb & noun ɛf
informal
  • Used as a euphemism for ‘fuck’

    he told plenty of journalists to eff off
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I could tell her to eff the eff off if she starts screaming at you or whatever.
    • But then Leif and Ryder wouldn't have looked so surprised when I made the comment about them effing me up.
    • You know what that means - he can go eff himself.
    • Well, ma'am, what the eff would you know about an American white girl's hair?
    • Around 4: 45 I think, me and Julia and some other dude stumbled back to her house where I promptly passed the eff out.
    • I'd tell you how, except I didn't see it because I was too busy trying to chronicle Ukraine's opener for posterity and being pestered by a fly that's buzzing around my head and won't effing eff the eff off.
    • Well, eff the players, and eff the owners, and eff their not-a-whit-of-difference agreement.
    • Two cards for the Dutch already and the referee, for those who asked, is someone about whom I know precisely eff all.
    • I genuinely like my ex, we DO have a friendship even though he definitely would like more, plus I have hurt him very badly and am loath to just tell him to eff off.
    • America have come out with more purpose and energy than they showed against the Czechs, and there really is nothing else to say because eff all has happened.
    • Tell everyone around them who doesn't like it to just eff off!
    • ‘It may be tricky for you to tell him to eff off, but not me,’ she says.

Phrases

  • eff and blind

    • informal Use expletives; swear.

      I scrabbled for my clothes, effing and blinding
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He used to eff and blind at me but he was a superb coach.
      • Far better, then, to get a whole bunch of ordinary people for him to humiliate and eff and blind at instead.
      • They never get in trouble when they eff and blind at home.
      Synonyms
      curse, blaspheme, utter profanities, utter oaths, be foul-mouthed, use bad language, use foul language, be blasphemous, take the lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn

Origin

1950s: the letter F represented as a word.

Rhymes

chef, clef, deaf, def, Geoff, Jeff, Kiev, ref, teff, tone-deaf
 
 

Definition of eff in US English:

eff

noun & verbɛfef
informal
  • Used as a euphemism for “fuck.”.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, ma'am, what the eff would you know about an American white girl's hair?
    • But then Leif and Ryder wouldn't have looked so surprised when I made the comment about them effing me up.
    • America have come out with more purpose and energy than they showed against the Czechs, and there really is nothing else to say because eff all has happened.
    • Two cards for the Dutch already and the referee, for those who asked, is someone about whom I know precisely eff all.
    • ‘It may be tricky for you to tell him to eff off, but not me,’ she says.
    • I'd tell you how, except I didn't see it because I was too busy trying to chronicle Ukraine's opener for posterity and being pestered by a fly that's buzzing around my head and won't effing eff the eff off.
    • I could tell her to eff the eff off if she starts screaming at you or whatever.
    • I genuinely like my ex, we DO have a friendship even though he definitely would like more, plus I have hurt him very badly and am loath to just tell him to eff off.
    • Around 4: 45 I think, me and Julia and some other dude stumbled back to her house where I promptly passed the eff out.
    • Well, eff the players, and eff the owners, and eff their not-a-whit-of-difference agreement.
    • Tell everyone around them who doesn't like it to just eff off!
    • You know what that means - he can go eff himself.

Phrases

  • eff and blind

    • informal Use vulgar expletives; swear.

      You can eff and blind all you want; the rules still stand
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He used to eff and blind at me but he was a superb coach.
      • They never get in trouble when they eff and blind at home.
      • Far better, then, to get a whole bunch of ordinary people for him to humiliate and eff and blind at instead.
      Synonyms
      curse, blaspheme, utter profanities, utter oaths, be foul-mouthed, use bad language, use foul language, be blasphemous, take the lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn

Origin

1950s: the letter F represented as a word.

 
 
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