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XXX
/ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
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What does XXX mean?
noun
- An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs).
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- Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.
adjective
- Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.
More meanings (10)
adjective
- Extra strong; very high quality.
- Unknown eye or hair color.
- Bald.
verb
- To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language.
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- Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).
- (obsolete) Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.
- (obsolete) Alcohol.
noun
- (rare) Triple X syndrome.
- (rare) Alternative form of xxx (“an abbreviation for kisses”).
- (obsolete) The conventional Morse code call made when in an urgent situation but not in immediate distress.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/
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Chapter XXX - Adam receives the first worldly goods.
A cylindrical cell of the alga Stigeoclonium assumes, as Livingstone (Livingstone, "On the nature of the stimulus which causes the change of form, etc." "Botanical Gazette", XXX.