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cuss

Pronunciation: /kʌs/

The English word “cuss” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.

noun

  1. A curse.
  2. A curse word.
  3. Fellow, person.
  4. A fellow, person.

Etymology

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”).

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