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four-letter word

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four-let·ter word (fôrltr, fr-)
n.
Any of several short English words generally regarded as vulgar or obscene.

four-letter word
n
any of several short English words referring to sex or excrement: often used as swearwords and regarded generally as offensive or obscene
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Noun1.four-letter word - any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
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four-letter word [ˌfɔːletəˈwɜːd] Npalabrota f, taco m, grosería f
four-letter word [ˈfɔːˌlɛtəˈwɜːd] nparolaccia
four-letter word [ˈfɔːˌlɛtəˈwɜːd] nparolaccia


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I write today to ask you for permission to use a four-letter word in this sports column.
Debt may not be a bad word, but it is a four-letter word nonetheless.
Earnhardt apologized for what he said, but added this: "If anybody was offended by the four-letter word I said .
 
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