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cuss

(kŭs) Informal

intr. & tr.v. cussed, cuss·ing, cuss·es

To curse or curse at.

1. A curse.

2. A stubborn or annoying person or animal.

[Alteration of curse.]

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cuss

(kʌs)

1. a curse; oath

2. a person or animal, esp an annoying one

another word for curse⁸, curse⁹

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cuss

(kʌs)
Informal.
v.i.

1. to use profanity; curse; swear.

v.t.

2. to swear at; curse.

3. a profane or obscene word; curse.

4. a person or animal: a strange old cuss.

[1765–75, Amer.; variant of curse]

cuss′er, n.

cuss

Past participle: cussed
Gerund: cussing

Imperative
cuss
cuss

Present
I cuss
you cuss
he/she/it cusses
we cuss
you cuss
they cuss

Preterite
I cussed
you cussed
he/she/it cussed
we cussed
you cussed
they cussed

Present Continuous
I am cussing
you are cussing
he/she/it is cussing
we are cussing
you are cussing
they are cussing

Present Perfect
I have cussed
you have cussed
he/she/it has cussed
we have cussed
you have cussed
they have cussed

Past Continuous
I was cussing
you were cussing
he/she/it was cussing
we were cussing
you were cussing
they were cussing

Past Perfect
I had cussed
you had cussed
he/she/it had cussed
we had cussed
you had cussed
they had cussed

Future
I will cuss
you will cuss
he/she/it will cuss
we will cuss
you will cuss
they will cuss

Future Perfect
I will have cussed
you will have cussed
he/she/it will have cussed
we will have cussed
you will have cussed
they will have cussed

Future Continuous
I will be cussing
you will be cussing
he/she/it will be cussing
we will be cussing
you will be cussing
they will be cussing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cussing
you have been cussing
he/she/it has been cussing
we have been cussing
you have been cussing
they have been cussing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cussing
you will have been cussing
he/she/it will have been cussing
we will have been cussing
you will have been cussing
they will have been cussing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cussing
you had been cussing
he/she/it had been cussing
we had been cussing
you had been cussing
they had been cussing

Conditional
I would cuss
you would cuss
he/she/it would cuss
we would cuss
you would cuss
they would cuss

Past Conditional
I would have cussed
you would have cussed
he/she/it would have cussed
we would have cussed
you would have cussed
they would have cussed

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Noun	1.	cuss - a persistently annoying person blighter, gadfly, pesterer, pest nudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest persecutor, tormenter, tormentor - someone who torments
	2.	cuss - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" bloke, chap, fella, fellow, lad, blighter, gent, feller male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies dog - informal term for a man; "you lucky dog"
	3.	cuss - profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
Verb	1.	cuss - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" blaspheme, curse, swear, imprecate blaspheme - speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God" give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

cuss

verb

1. Informal. To invoke evil or injury upon:

anathematize, curse, damn, imprecate.

Archaic: execrate, maledict.

2. Informal. To use profane or obscene language:

blaspheme, curse, damn, swear.

noun

Informal. A profane or obscene term:

blasphemy, curse, epithet, expletive, oath, swearword.

Translations

blasphémer

cuss

[kʌs]

A. N (US) → tipo m, tío m

B. VT & VI = curse C

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cuss

[ˈkʌs] vi (= curse) → jurer, sacrer
to cuss at sth/sb → jurer contre qn/qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cuss

(inf)

(= person) → Kauz m (inf)

he’s not worth a (tinker’s) cuss → der ist keinen roten Heller wert (inf); he doesn’t care a (tinker’s) cuss (about it) → das ist ihm völlig Wurst (inf) → or schnuppe (inf)

(= oath) → Fluch m

vi → fluchen; to cuss and swear → schimpfen und fluchen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cuss

[kʌs] (fam)

1. n

a. (oath) → bestemmia

b. (person) → tipo/a palloso/a

2. vi → bestemmiare

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I'm none o' yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by some old cuss of an overseer!

"I don't keep none o' yer cussed overseers; I does my own overseeing; and I tell you things is seen to.

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Which was the more remarkable, because he was known as a savage, cantankerous old cuss who never liked anybody.

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Well, he couldn't love us enough for it or be grateful enough, poor cuss; it was all he could do to keep from hugging us.

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Well, when we was a-fightin' this atternoon, all-of-a-sudden he begin t' rip up an' cuss an' beller at me.

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I set Ah Wee and a little cuss named Gopher to cutting the timber.

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He held in for a spell, walking up and down the comb of the roof and shaking his head and muttering to himself; but his feelings got the upper hand of him, presently, and he broke loose and cussed himself black in the face.

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When he had got out on the shed he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him; and when I reckoned he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and lick me if I didn't drop that.

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"Now the cussed thing's ready, Sawbones, and you'll just out with another five, or here she stays."

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It may be immoral to curse or to cuss, but it's the right of every Filipino people to do so if they want to," he said.

Baguio's anti-profanity ordinance questioned

A cranky and hilarious love letter of sorts to the western Great Basin Desert of Nevada, "How to Cuss in Western", Michael Branch is a master of iconoclastic irony and gifted with a unique and compelling storytelling style that will keep the reader's riveted attention throughout.