Meaning

1 senses

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, rare)To have sex with.

Origin

Attested since at least the 1930s, but popularized in the U.S. after the Watergate scandal

Attested since at least the 1930s, but popularized in the U.S. after the Watergate scandal, during which transcripts of conversations were published with profanity replaced by “[EXPLETIVE DELETED]”.

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Forms

expletives deleted, expletiving deleted, expletived deleted, expletived deleted
Base formexpletive deleted · to expletive deleted
3rd person singularexpletives deleted
Present participleexpletiving deleted
Past simpleexpletived deleted
Past participleexpletived deleted

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexpletive deleted
he, she, itexpletives deleted

Past simpleLesson

all personsexpletived deleted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave expletived deleted
he, she, ithas expletived deleted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill expletive deleted

Synonyms

4 synonyms
discuss Ugandaget into someone's pantscopulate withsomeone's etchings

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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