Associations to the word «Expletive»

EXPLETIVE, adjective. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

EXPLETIVE, adjective. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

EXPLETIVE, noun. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

EXPLETIVE, noun. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.

EXPLETIVE, noun. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning; an intensifier.

EXPLETIVE, noun. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted".

EXPLETIVE, noun. A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line.