Phrase guide

fuck all

det · intj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌfʌk ˈɔːl/
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1

det

Meaning 1

Nothing at all or very little.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, vulgar

Examples

  • If you can't do this then there's fuck all hope for you.
  • There was fuck all else he could have done.
  • There are fuck all decent pubs around here.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Synonym of fuck

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fuck

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Nothing at all or very little.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

  • I've learned fuck all.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

little or nothing at all

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all
  • I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bugger all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fokkol — nothing at all or very little
  • Bulgarian: курец (kurec) — nothing at all or very little
  • Chinese Cantonese: 條毛 /条毛 (tiu4 mou4) — nothing at all or very little
  • Chinese Cantonese: 條撚 /条撚 — nothing at all or very little
  • Chinese Mandarin: 個屁 /个屁 — nothing at all or very little
  • Chinese Mandarin: 個雞巴 /个鸡巴 — nothing at all or very little
  • Chinese Mandarin: 個屌 /个屌 — nothing at all or very little
  • Dutch: geen zak — nothing at all or very little
  • Dutch: geen flikker — nothing at all or very little
  • Finnish: paskaakaan — nothing at all or very little
  • French: que dalle — nothing at all or very little
  • German: einen Scheißdreck — nothing at all or very little
  • Hungarian: lófasz — nothing at all or very little
  • Italian: un cazzo — nothing at all or very little
  • Italian: un cazzo di niente — nothing at all or very little
  • Northern Kurdish: quzilqurt — nothing at all or very little
  • Northern Kurdish: qurreder — nothing at all or very little
  • Northern Kurdish: kîrquz — nothing at all or very little
  • Polish: gówno — nothing at all or very little
  • Polish: chuj — nothing at all or very little
  • Portuguese: porra nenhuma — nothing at all or very little
  • Romanian: o pulă — nothing at all or very little
  • Russian: ни хуя́ (ni xujá) — nothing at all or very little
  • Russian: ни хера́ (ni xerá) — nothing at all or very little
  • Spanish: una mierda — nothing at all or very little
  • Spanish: una puta mierda — nothing at all or very little
  • Turkish: bir sikim — nothing at all or very little
  • Turkish: bir bok — nothing at all or very little