Dictionary Entry
expletive
expletive is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.
- 2noun
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
- 3noun
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
"expletives were deleted"
- 4noun
a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
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