cuss
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʌs/
- Rhymes: -ʌs
Etymology 1
American English dialect pronunciation of curse.
Verb
cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)
- (chiefly US) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
cuss (plural cusses)
- (chiefly US) A curse.
- (chiefly US) A curse word.
Etymology 2
Clipping of customer.
Noun
cuss (plural cusses)
- (dated, chiefly US) A fellow, person.
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
"The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
- Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
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