cuss
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L318993 on Wikidata ↗verb
- swear, use foul language
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kʌs/ / /kʊs/
noun
Etymology: Clipping of customer.
- A fellow, person.
“Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"”
“"Proud young cuss, aren't you?" "Apparently - I don't know." "Or is it you are just pig-headed?"”
verb
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).
- To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
“I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.”