noun. An exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene.

noun. undefined

noun. A word or phrase that does not contribute any meaning but is added only to fill out a sentence or a metrical line.

noun. A word or other grammatical element that has no meaning but is needed to fill a syntactic position, such as the words it and there in the sentences It's raining and There are many books on the table.

adjective. Added or inserted in order to fill out something, such as a sentence or a metrical line.

Serving to fill up; added to fill a vacancy, or for factitious emphasis: specifically used of words. See II., 2.

noun. Something used to fill up; something not necessary but used for embellishment.

noun. In rhetoric and grammar, a word or syllable which is not necessary to the sense or construction, or to an adequate description of a thing, but which is added for rhetorical, rhythmical, or metrical reasons, or which, being once necessary or significant, has lost notional force.

noun. Hence, by euphemism, an oath; an exclamatory imprecation: as, his conversation was garnished with expletives.

adjective. Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.

noun. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.

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

adjective. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)

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

noun. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.

noun. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

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

noun. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger