Definitions for expletive

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expletive ex·ple·tive

Spelling: [ek-spli-tiv]

IPA: /ˈɛk splɪ tɪv/

Expletive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in expletive (eeeilptvx).

Definitions for expletive

noun

1. an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath.
2. a syllable, word, or phrase serving to fill out.
3. Grammar. a word considered as regularly filling the syntactic position of another, as it in It is his duty to go, or there in There is nothing here.

adjective

1. Also, expletory [ek-spli-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈɛk splɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ (Show IPA). added merely to fill out a sentence or line, give emphasis, etc.:

Origin of expletive

1600-10; Late Latin explētīvus serving to fill out, equivalent to Latin explēt(us) filled, filled up (past participle of explēre; see explement) + -īvus

Examples for expletive

I employed an expletive which I am happy to think has not escaped me for years.

The Parson blurted an expletive, inflected like the profane.

I think it was “hang” he said—I was not sure about the expletive.

In fact, for many conservatives, it seems to be an expletive.

When the word devil is used as a general term or as an expletive the capital is not used.

So be careful what you say and what you do, because the Kinect, for better and worse, really is [expletive] watching you.

Now, it seems, Hamas is being struck from the list of expletive targets.

This expletive was certainly not appreciated by her who used it.

He drawled the expletive as though it were some Oriental word.

But it is time to move forward while remembering that what we did do is a “Big [expletive] Deal.”