the fuck in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the fuck",
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        "Expression"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vulgar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What the fuck was that?"
        },
        {
          "text": "How the fuck does that work?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Get the fuck out of my office."
        },
        {
          "text": "A: I'll take this one. B: The fuck you will!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use \"the fuck\" to express strong surprise or disagreement."
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "the hell"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "audio": "en-us-the fuck.ogg",
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        "as a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the fuck"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the fuck",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vulgar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What the fuck was that?"
        },
        {
          "text": "How the fuck does that work?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Get the fuck out of my office."
        },
        {
          "text": "A: I'll take this one. B: The fuck you will!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use \"the fuck\" to express strong surprise or disagreement."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "the hell"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-the fuck.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-the fuck.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio",
        "as a question"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the fuck"
}

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"the fuck" meaning in English

Phrase