expletive
Collocations
4VERB + EXPLETIVE
admits
EXPLETIVE + NOUN
es, imagery, phra, way
PREP.
in
ADV.
merely
Definitions
adj
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.
deprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences.
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
noun
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.
A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
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Example Bank
3No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.
Wiktionarydeprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences.
WiktionaryIf we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
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