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expletives

expletives is the plural of expletive.

Meaning of expletive

Noun

expletive (plural expletives)

  1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
    • If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
  2. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  3. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fucking in "there's no fucking way he's gonna get away with it").
    Synonyms:
    intensifier
  4. An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).

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Phrases with expletives

Questions about expletives

What is expletives the plural of?
Expletives is the plural of expletive.

Words near expletives in the dictionary

  1. expletive deleted
  2. expletive deleteds
  3. expletive infixation
  4. expletively
  5. expletiveness
  6. expletives
  7. expletives deleted
  8. expletivity
  9. expletory
  10. explicabilities
  11. explicability

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