1. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
   "expletives were deleted"
   - curse, curse word, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss, cussword [N. Amer] 
2. A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

Derived forms: expletives

Type of: profanity, utterance, vocalization

Encyclopedia: Expletive

• subconsciousness
• subcontinent
• subcontract
• subcontractor
• subcontrary
• subcortical
• subculture
• subcutaneous
• subcutaneous injection
• subcutaneous test
• subcutaneously
• subdata base
• subdeacon
• subdiaconate
• subdirectory
• subdivide
• subdivider
• subdivision
• subdivision Ascomycota
• subdivision Ascomycotina
• subdivision Basidiomycota
• subdivision Basidiomycotina
• subdivision Coniferophytina
• subdivision Cycadophyta
• subdivision Cycadophytina