"fark" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /fɐːk/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: EN-AU ck1 fark.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From fuck. Etymology templates: {{m|en|fuck}} fuck Head templates: {{en-interj}} fark
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, etc. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar Alternative form of: fuck, used to express surprise, etc
    Sense id: en-fark-en-intj-Psq9JpCx Categories (other): Australian English, English pronunciation spellings, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: farks [present, singular, third-person], farking [participle, present], farked [participle, past], farked [past]
Etymology: From the name of the popular website Fark, because when it links to a small website from its main page, the small site is often subjected to so much new traffic that it is rendered inoperable due to server failure. Head templates: {{en-verb}} fark (third-person singular simple present farks, present participle farking, simple past and past participle farked)
  1. (Internet, transitive, US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding. Tags: Internet, US, transitive Categories (topical): Internet Related terms: Slashdot effect
    Sense id: en-fark-en-verb-t6HdqQlf Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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