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# frick

«frick» in Mova's school dictionary: **a softer stand-in for the f-word to show annoyance or…** — 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

exclamation (frick!); verb (frick, fricks, fricked, fricking — slang); adjective use (fricking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, mild swearing, mainly US) a softer stand-in for the f-word to show annoyance or surprise: «Oh, frick!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#m1)

2) «what the frick» = a milder version of a rude exclamation of shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used by teenagers, in cartoons and by adults who don't want to swear in front of kids; informal and mild, US and Canada mostly. Still sounds rude to some people.

### examples

- Oh frick, I forgot my lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x1)
- What the frick was that noise? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x2)
- Frick! I stubbed my toe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x3)
- The cartoon character says "frick" instead of swearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x4)
- "Frick, we're late!" shouted my brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x5)
- Frick, the Wi-Fi's down again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x6)
- He says "frick" so much that his mum banned it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x7)
- "Frick" sounds silly, but some teachers still won't allow it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frick/#x8)

### note

Trap: it is a minced oath, so it hints at a rude word; avoid in school writing. Plain meaning: «oh no!», «damn!».

### In the corpora

- ["Frick" is American slang used instead of the f-word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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