"XXX" meaning in English

See XXX in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/ [General-American], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-XXX.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more XXX [comparative], most XXX [superlative]
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). The pornography sense may derive from the movie rating of X, which was the rating of movies with mild sexual content in the 1960s and 1970s. The original X certificate was issued from 1951 by the British Board of Film Censors. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|X}} X, {{m|en|skull and crossbones||indicator of death}} skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} XXX (comparative more XXX, superlative most XXX)
  1. Extra strong; very high quality.
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-adj-1KlfMh0V
  2. Designating extreme or hardcore pornography. Categories (topical): Pornography Synonyms: pornographic [pornography, media, sexuality, lifestyle], X-rated, XXXX, pornographic
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-adj-B0x3n2fo Disambiguation of Pornography: 6 56 8 17 3 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/ [General-American], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-XXX.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From having three X chromosomes (and no Y). Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} XXX (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Triple X syndrome. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Intersex Synonyms: 47, XXX, metafemale [proscribed], triple X syndrome
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-noun-ljxD5UB7 Disambiguation of Intersex: 3 25 44 8 2 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 27 6 1 17 8 0 11 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 17 27 6 1 16 7 1 12 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 22 30 7 1 10 6 1 14 7 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 5 14 26 6 2 15 9 2 11 10 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 4 17 24 5 1 14 14 2 9 10 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Symbol

IPA: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/ [General-American], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-XXX.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). The pornography sense may derive from the movie rating of X, which was the rating of movies with mild sexual content in the 1960s and 1970s. The original X certificate was issued from 1951 by the British Board of Film Censors. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|X}} X, {{m|en|skull and crossbones||indicator of death}} skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”) Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} XXX, {{en-symbol}} XXX
  1. Traditional brewer's mark for barrels of extra strong beer—extended to other alcoholic beverages and other products having an extra strong dimension (varying from laundry soap to pornography).
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-symbol-D~SoIPyn
  2. An indicator of hazard or poison.
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-symbol-ItKckasI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/ [General-American], /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-XXX.wav [Southern-England] Forms: XXXes [present, singular, third-person], XXXing [participle, present], XXXed [participle, past], XXXed [past]
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). The pornography sense may derive from the movie rating of X, which was the rating of movies with mild sexual content in the 1960s and 1970s. The original X certificate was issued from 1951 by the British Board of Film Censors. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|X}} X, {{m|en|skull and crossbones||indicator of death}} skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~es|+|+}} XXX (third-person singular simple present XXXes, present participle XXXing, simple past and past participle XXXed)
  1. (transitive) To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language. Tags: transitive Related terms: grawlix
    Sense id: en-XXX-en-verb-9gU6WY4g Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 16 28 13 8 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "Triple X syndrome."
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