a four-letter word
11four-letter word — noun any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive • Syn: ↑four letter Anglo Saxon word • Hypernyms: ↑word * * * noun, pl ⋯ words [count] 1 : an offensive word and especially an offensive… …
12Four Letter Word — Infobox Single Name = Four Letter Word Artist = Kim Wilde from Album = Close B side = She Hasn t Got Time For You 88 Released = 21 November 1988 Format = 7 , 12 , CD single Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = Label = MCA Writer = Ricki Wilde, Marty… …
13Four Letter Word (Def Leppard song) — Infobox Single Name = Four Letter Word Artist = Def Leppard from Album = X B side = Released = 2003 Format = CD Recorded = 2002 Genre = Pop rock Length = Label = Bludgeon Riffola Mercury Writer = Producer = Pete Woodroffe Def Leppard. Last single …
14four-letter word — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms four letter word : singular four letter word plural four letter words one of the short words considered rude or offensive by most people …
15four-letter word — /fawr let euhr, fohr / 1. any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex. 2. any word, typically of four letters, that represents something forbidden,… …
16four-letter word — noun Date: 1897 any of a group of vulgar or obscene words typically made up of four letters; broadly a taboo word or topic < tax is a four letter word to him > …
17four-letter word — noun a) A reference to any of several of the strongest English swearword that are also four letters long, especially those composing the so called . To me, coming from you, Friend is a four letter word. , b) A swearword or any words considered to …
18Four-letter word — 1. swear word; 2. anything which is distasteful or unpleasant: Housework is a four letter word (so called since a number of important taboo words happen to be spelt with four letters in modern English) …
19four-letter word — Australian Slang 1. swear word; 2. anything which is distasteful or unpleasant: Housework is a four letter word (so called since a number of important taboo words happen to be spelt with four letters in modern English) …
20four-letter word — /fɔ lɛtə ˈwɜd/ (say faw letuh werd) noun 1. any of a number of short words, often of four letters, held to be vulgar or offensive because of reference to sex or excrement. 2. anything which is considered distasteful or unpleasant: housework is a… …
