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fack¹

Rhymes with -æk

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From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.

noun facks · fec

  1. UK, dialectal One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.

fack²

Rhymes with -æk

verb facks · facking · facked

  1. Cockney, UK, pronunciation spelling, vulgar Pronunciation spelling of fuck

fack³

Rhymes with -æk

noun facks

  1. Ireland A long-handed spade, especially used for turf. Preparation, burning, facks and mattocks.

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@misc{fack_2026,
  title = {fack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}