expletive
Kelime Anlamı :
1. tamamlayıcı.
2. tamamlayan sözcük.
3. dolguluk.
4. tamamlayan.
5. kelime.
6. boşluğu dolduran.
7. gereksiz sözcük.
8. pekiştirici sözcük.
9. küfür.
10. lanet/küfür.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
an exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene.
2. A word or phrase that does not contribute any meaning but is added only to fill out a sentence or a metrical line.
3. linguistics 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.
4. added or inserted in order to fill out something, such as a sentence or a metrical line.
2. A word or phrase that does not contribute any meaning but is added only to fill out a sentence or a metrical line.
3. linguistics 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.
4. added or inserted in order to fill out something, such as a sentence or a metrical line.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant
2. marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)
3. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
4. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
5. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
2. marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)
3. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
4. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
5. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.
2. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
2. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
serving to fill up; added to fill a vacancy, or for factitious emphasis: specifically used of words. see II., 2.
2. something used to fill up; something not necessary but used for embellishment.
3. 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.
4. hence, by euphemism, an oath; an exclamatory imprecation: as, his conversation was garnished with expletives.
2. something used to fill up; something not necessary but used for embellishment.
3. 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.
4. hence, by euphemism, an oath; an exclamatory imprecation: as, his conversation was garnished with expletives.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia