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cuss
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cuss has 3 senses
- cuss(n = noun.person) blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer - a persistently annoying person; Array has particulars: nudnick, nudnik
- cuss(n = noun.person) blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" is a kind of male, male person
- cuss(n = noun.communication) curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword - profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" is a kind of profanity
is a kind of persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
has particulars: dog
Derived form verb cuss1
Verb cuss has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cuss, n. & v. colloq.
--n.
1 a curse.
2 usu. derog. a person; a creature.
--v.tr. & intr. curse.
--n.
1 a curse.
2 usu. derog. a person; a creature.
--v.tr. & intr. curse.
Idiom
cuss-word US a swear-word.
Etymology
var. of CURSE
THESAURUS
cuss
bloke, boy, buck, chap, curse, curse and swear, cuss word, damn, dirty name, dirty word, dysphemism, dysphemize, epithet, execrate, expletive, fellow, foul invective, gent, guy, he, imprecate, man, naughty word, no-no, oath, obscenity, profane oath, scatologize, swear, swearword, talk dirty
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