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cuss¹
- /kʌs/ US, UK
- /kʊs/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌs
Where it comes from
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). Etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“fellow, person”) is from the replacement of a derogatory or affectionate curse word like bitch in son of a bitch with the word cuss, after etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“curse word”).
verb cusses · cussing · cussed
- To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.
noun cusses
- A curse.
- A curse word.
- Fellow, person. He's an abrupt-sounding cuss, but good-hearted too.
cuss²
- /kʌs/ US, UK
- /kʊs/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌs
Where it comes from
Clipping of customer.
noun cusses
- A fellow, person. 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
