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Cuss
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- 1 A curse. US, colloquial
- 2 A fellow, person. US, colloquial, dated
"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!""
- 3 profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger wordnet
- 4 A curse word. US, colloquial
- 5 a boy or man wordnet
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- 6 a persistently annoying person wordnet
- 1 To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. US, colloquial
"I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went."
- 2 utter obscenities or profanities wordnet
Etymology
An American English variant of curse; for a similar phonetic development, compare ass (“buttocks”), from arse, in which the r was originally pronounced (as in curse).
An American English variant of curse; for a similar phonetic development, compare ass (“buttocks”), from arse, in which the r was originally pronounced (as in curse).
Clipping of customer.
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