expletive /ek-, ik-splēˈtiv or eksˈpli-tiv/

1. Filling out
2. Added merely to fill up (a line of verse)

1. A swear-word of any kind
2. A meaningless oath
3. A word or anything present merely to fill a gap
4. A word inserted to fill up a sentence or line of verse
5. A meaningless word serving a grammatical purpose only

explēˈtory (also /eksˈpli-/) adjective

1. Serving to fill up
2. Expletive
3. Supplementary

• quibblers
• quibbles
• quibbling
• quibblingly
• quibblings
• quiblin
• quiblins
• quich
• quiche
• quiched
• quiches
• quiching
• Quichua
• Quichuan
• quick
• quick and dirty
• quick-answered
• quick assets
• quickbeam
• quick-born
• quick-change
• quick-change artist
• quick-conceiving
• quicken
• quickened