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

• swattings
• swatty
• sway
• swayback
• swaybacked
• swaybacks
• swayed
• subducing
• subduct
• subducted
• subducting
• subduction
• subductions
• subduction zone
• subduction zones
• subducts
• subdue
• subdued
• subduedly
• subduedness
• subduednesses
• subduement
• subduements
• subduer
• subduers