fack
noun, verb
fack is a noun meaning “One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-C-K, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fack is facks.
What does fack mean?
noun
- 1
UKOne of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
- 2
IrelandA long-handed spade, especially used for turf.
verb
- 1
UKvulgarPronunciation spelling of fuck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fack
- facks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- facking participle, present
- facked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fack?
Fack appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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).
Where does fack come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).