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cuss

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4 lettersPronunciation /kʌs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cssuStarts with CEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. utter obscenities or profanities

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.
  • Biggest rascal [...] and the most likable cuss I've run up against in a year.
  • Polybius was a determined cuss and he kept at the fruit cart until he saved enough to start a regular fruit store.

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