Dictionary Entry
tabu
tabu is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun & verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Taboo. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses
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- 1noun & verb
See Taboo.
- 2noun
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
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- 3noun
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
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- 4adjective
excluded from use or mention
"forbidden fruit"
"in our house dancing and playing cards were out"
- 5adjective
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
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