Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person regarded as despicable.
  • noun Something regarded as unpleasant, frustrating, or despicable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun vulgar slang A person who is deemed to be worthless or despicable; -- obscene and highly offensive.
  • noun vulgar slang Any object viewed as annoying or frustrating; -- usually used as an expression of anger.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun strongly vulgar, offensive An extremely contemptible person. (generally used as a term of abuse.)
  • noun strongly vulgar Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
  • noun markedly vulgar An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
  • noun teasingly, friendly, jokingly, vulgar A good very close friend or relative.
  • noun literally, vulgar One who engages in incest with their mother.
  • noun literally, vulgar One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
  • noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Etymologies

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From mother +‎ fucker

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Examples

  • Miss Morgensen hesitated, then wrote the word motherfucker onto the dusty surface of the chandlery window with the tip of her finger.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • He tapped the word motherfucker instead of saying it out loud in front of Miss Morgensen.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • Miss Morgensen hesitated, then wrote the word motherfucker onto the dusty surface of the chandlery window with the tip of her finger.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • He tapped the word motherfucker instead of saying it out loud in front of Miss Morgensen.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • By contrast, most of us understand what the term motherfucker means — and a few of us may even qualify.

    “Tar Baby” Isn’t Racist. And It Is. « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • I asked as Mark, the managing editor, yelled what looked like the word motherfucker into his headset and kicked the trash can across his office floor.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • I asked as Mark, the managing editor, yelled what looked like the word motherfucker into his headset and kicked the trash can across his office floor.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • I asked as Mark, the managing editor, yelled what looked like the word motherfucker into his headset and kicked the trash can across his office floor.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • Small dick or not, that motherfucker is getting plenty of action.

    ‘I AM LEGEND’ ALTERNATIVE ENDING 2008

  • When & if these fucking thieving war-criminal profiteers swing for their crimes against humanity, I want Bernhard right up there with 'em, and every motherfucker from the board of Halliburton, Shell, British Petroleum & ExxonMobil.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

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