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Word: expletive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)
  • Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant

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Noun:

  • A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
  • linguistics A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
  • linguistics A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.

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