cuss
pronunciation
How to pronounce cuss in British English:
UK [kʌs]
How to pronounce cuss in American English:
US [kʌs]
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- Noun:
- a persistently annoying person
- a boy or man
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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- Verb:
- utter obscenities or profanities
Word Origin
- cuss (n.)
- 1775, American English dialectal, "troublesome person or animal," an alteration of curse (n.), or else a shortening of the slang sense of customer.
- cuss (v.)
- "to say bad words," 1815, alteration of curse (v.). Related: Cussed; cussing. To cuss out attested by 1881.
Example
- 1. Don 't call my name cuss I won 't respond .
- 2. He will praise one in the teeth , and then cuss him in the back .
- 3. It wasn 't her finest moment ; though to accuse someone of having unfashionable hair is less of a cuss than , say , accusing them of being a bigot .
- 4. Cuss when I lost a fight .
- 5. We cuss them because we are not good enough for them .