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cuss
[ kuhs ]
verb (used with object)
- to swear at; curse:
He cussed the pedestrian for getting in his way.
- to criticize or reprimand in harsh terms (often followed by out ):
The coach cussed out the team for losing.
noun
- a person or animal:
a strange but likable cuss.
Other Words From
- cuss·er noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
If Republicans win big, Democrats will hang their heads and cuss the Koch brothers.
He's an ornery cuss kind of Republican, extremely critical of Bush and Cheney back in the day.
I wanted to kill the enemy and be a roughneck and cuss and spit tobacco, come home and do it again.
Jimmy Carter united the other members, who could all agree over “what an annoying cuss Carter could be.”
He was also an ornery, obnoxious cuss, almost universally loathed by his contemporaries.
I don't blame him for killin' the cuss, not a bit; I'd have shot any man livin' that 'ad taken a good horse o' mine up that trail.
I did think uh tryin' t' get off with their hosses, but I figured it wouldn't pay with that sharp-eared cuss on the watch.
Cuss him to-night, ef he's alive; an' ef his bed is soff' as wool, doan let him sleep for thinkin' of Miss Dory.
Here this young cuss, Fire Bear, is traipsin' around as he pleases, on nothin' more than his word that he'll appear for trial.
Texas Smith looked on with an approving grin, and suggested, "Better shute the dam cuss."
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