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# eff

«eff» in Mova's school dictionary: **a polite way of saying a very rude swear word starting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (eff, effs, effed, effing — euphemism); noun (the letter F)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, rude, UK) «Eff» is a polite way of saying a very rude swear word starting with F without saying it fully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#m1)

2) «Eff off» means go away, said angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#m2)

3) «Effing» is used as a less rude form of a swear word meaning very or annoying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#m3)

4) «Eff» is the name of the letter F. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In real speech, especially in British talk, «effing and blinding» means swearing a lot; «eff off» is rude. It tells the reader a character is angry and swearing, while the writer avoids the real word. Not for use at school.

### examples

- (rude) He told them to eff off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#x1)
- (rude, UK) The builder was effing and blinding when he dropped the brick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#x2)
- (rude) That effing alarm woke me again! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#x3)
- My teacher said, «No effing and blinding in my classroom.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#x4)
- (rude) «Eff this, I'm going home.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/#x5)

### note

A euphemism standing for a strong swear word; still rude. «Effing and blinding» (UK) = swearing. As a letter name it is just «ef». Do not confuse with «F» as a grade.

### In the corpora

- ["Eff off" is a rude British way to tell someone to go away, softened from the f-word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eff» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.