Eff
[ef] /ɛf/ Slang.
verb (used with or without object), interjection
1.
: Stop effing around and get to work!
Eff you, you lout!
noun
2.
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
peppering his speech with superfluous and highly offensive effs.
Verb phrases
3.
eff off, Go away!:
Eff off and die, you piece of Martian scum!
1.
efficient, efficiency.
2.
effective, effectiveness.
/ɛf/
verb
1.
euphemism for (taboo) fuck eff off
2.
(slang) eff and blind, to use obscene language
1943, euphemism for fuck, representing the sound of its first letter. Related: Effing.
v,n
fuck •This curt euphemism is also the base for equivalents of fucked, fucking, and fucker: eff off back to effing Russia/ She effed around until she was forced to work again/ this is the stupidest effing stunt you’ve ever pulled (1920s+)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
2.
[National Weather Service] Experimental Forecast Facility
1.
effective
2.
efficiency
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- Effable
[ef-uh-buh l] /ˈɛf ə bəl/ adjective 1. utterable; expressible. /ˈɛfəbəl/ adjective 1. (archaic) capable of being expressed in words adj. 1630s, from French effable, from Latin effabilis, from effari “to utter” (see ineffable). Now obsolete or archaic.
- Efface
[ih-feys] /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (used with object), effaced, effacing. 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one’s unhappy memories. 2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.). 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (transitive) 1. to obliterate or make dim: to efface a memory […]
- Effaceable
[ih-feys] /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (used with object), effaced, effacing. 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one’s unhappy memories. 2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.). 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (transitive) 1. to obliterate or make dim: to efface a memory […]
- Effacement
[ih-feys] /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (used with object), effaced, effacing. 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one’s unhappy memories. 2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.). 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb (transitive) 1. to obliterate or make dim: to efface a memory […]
- Effect
[ih-fekt] /ɪˈfɛkt/ noun 1. something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. 2. power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. 3. the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to […]