Definition of "feck"
feck1
noun
countable and uncountable, plural fecks
verb
third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked
Quotations
—But why did they run away, tell us? —I know why, Cecil Thunder said. Because they had fecked cash out of the rector's room. —Who fecked it? —Kickham's brother. And they all went shares in it. But that was stealing. How could they have done that?
1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
And isn't it pure gangsters run the car parks, the price of them, and security cameras my arse, begging your pardon, sure it's watching videos they'd be, while some scut of a ten-year-old's fecking your tape machine and maybe going back to break off the aerial if they don't approve of your taste in music.
2009, Julian Gough, Juno & Juliet: A Novel
feck2
verb
third-person singular simple present fecks, present participle fecking, simple past and past participle fecked
(minced oath, chiefly Ireland) Used in place of fuck.
Quotations
Father Jack Hackett: Tea? Feck! […] Mrs. Doyle: I'll tell you what, Father. I'll pour a cup for ye anyway and y' can have it if ya want. Now... And what do you say to a cup?Father Jack Hackett: Feck off, cup!
1995, Graham Linehan & al., "Good Luck, Father Ted", Father Ted Series 1, Episode 1, Channel Four
"My family were Irish," she says, "and the use of the word 'feck' was normal but, of course, as a child, I thought it was a swear word. My first day at Holycross I heard the nuns saying feckin' this and feckin' that and I thought, 'Oh my God, they're all swearing'["]
2010 October 28, Erwin James, “Britain's queen of crime: Martina Cole”, in The Guardian
“I never thought the problem would be of this magnitude. I really didn’t think I’d be waking up this morning to this type of news,” an emotional Ms Phelan said, adding that “they fecked with the wrong women.”
2018 April 30, Conor Gallagher, “Vicky Phelan: ‘I’m here to tell the tale. And by God I’m going to take these guys on’”, in The Irish Times
2022 August 23, Jen Hogan, “Terry Prone on motherhood: ‘I did my best all of the time. I just fecking got it wrong!’”, in The Irish Times