cuss
A curseA curse.
» I've never heard Tom cuss.
Я ніколи не чув, щоб Том лаявся.
Я ніколи не чула, щоб Том лаявся.
Meaning
4 senses(US, colloquial)A curse.
(US, colloquial)A curse word.
(US, colloquial)Fellow, person.
He's an abrupt-sounding cuss, but good-hearted too.
a persistently annoying person
(US, colloquial, dated)A fellow, person.
Examples
50 sentencesI've never heard Tom cuss.
Я ніколи не чув, щоб Том лаявся.
Tom doesn't cuss, drink or smoke.
ruТом не пьёт, не курит и не матерится.
A real man doesn't need to cuss.
Tom heard screaming and cussing outside his window.
Tom was cussing at Mary when she slapped him.
Origin
An American English variant of curse; for a similar phonetic development, compare ass (“buAn 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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