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wuss

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4 lettersPronunciation /wʊs/Part of speech nounSorted ssuwStarts with WEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

Word origin

1976–1981 in US college slang. Perhaps abbreviated from wussy, or blend of wimp and puss. Compare earlier wussy.

Used in a sentence

  • 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.
  • You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy
  • ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.

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