fucker

noun
/ˈfʌk.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fucker From fuck + -er (agent suffix).

  1. derived from *pewǵ- — “to strike, punch, stab
  2. derived from *fukkōną
  3. derived from *fukka
  4. derived from *fuccian
  5. inherited from *fukken
  6. formed as fucker — “fuck + -er

Definitions

  1. An undesirable person.

    • You fucker, you wrecked my car!
    • There are many fuckers in the warehouses.
    • There are lots of fuckers out here.
  2. A person.

    • Never stood a chance. The poor fucker was cooked.
    • It’s easy to get reflective after a few brunchtime cocktails. “Was I one of these little fuckers?” Savannah Engel wondered aloud to me one Sunday after Bloody Marys at Cafe Cluny.
  3. The object of some effort.

    • Let’s see if we can fix this fucker.
    • Now if I can put that fucker in there installed.
    • I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. One who fucks.

      • She was a good fucker, but to tell the truth, I had had enough for the night.
      • A system in which men are conditioned to be the pursuer, the agressor ^([sic]), the possessor, the fucker.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fucker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA