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FOUR-LETTER WORD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
Synonyms:
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; four-letter word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("four-letter word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)