fap
/fæp/interjection, verb, noun
fap is a vulgar interjection meaning “Indicates that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-P, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fap mean?
interjection
- 1
informalvulgarIndicates that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.
I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!
verb
- 1
slangvulgarTo masturbate.
noun
- 1
slangA session of masturbation.
I was horny, so I had a quick fap in the public restroom.
- 2
informalvulgarPornography.
noun
- 1
Initialism of familial adenomatous polyposis.
- 2
Initialism of fixed action pattern.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteDrunk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fap?
- /fæp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fap.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fap
- faps present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- fapping participle, present
- fapped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fap?
Fap appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with fap
Sounds like: FAPP (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does fap come from?
Onomatopoeic Internet neologism from the sound of penile masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources. Compare Japanese しこしこ (shikoshiko).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).