Our word today is eureka. It is a kind of word called an expletive. Expletives are quick, short outcries of pain, surprise, anger or joy. We hear them all the time.
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Expletive
/ˈɛksplətɪv/
Synonyms for "expletive" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
duplicationduplication of effortdysphemismecphonesisejaculationembellishmentepithetexcessexclamationexpendableextravagancefatfeatherbeddingfillerfillingfoul invectivefrillfrillsfripperygingerbread
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Pronoun(1 words)
Related words (65)
Adjective(2 words)
naughty wordneedlessneedlessnessno nono-nononessentialoathobscenityornamentationoutburstoveradornmentoverlappaddingpayroll paddingpleonasmpleonasticprofane oathprolixprolixityredundance
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9 entriesemotive descriptorfunction wordgrammatical elementlexemelinguistic descriptorprofanityutterancevocalizationword
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11 entriesCollocations
11 entriesdummy subjectexistential thereexpletive attributiveexpletive discourseexpletive emphasisexpletive languageexpletive useexpletive utteranceexpletive wordlinguistic expletivepleonastic it
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
Source: wiktionary