Meaning ofexpletivein English

Noun

1. a profane term; curse or oath
   The politician apologized for using an expletive during the live broadcast.
2. an obscene interjection; offensive expression
   The expletive in the movie was bleeped out to avoid offending viewers.
3. a word adding emphasis; without changing meaning
   In the sentence, the word "like" serves as an expletive to add emphasis.
4. a meaningless word; filling a syntactic position
   The filler word "um" is an expletive that fills a pause in speech.
5. an intensifying word (for emphasis)
   The expletive in her speech added emphasis to her point.