Meaning

1 senses

  1. Only used in wuss out

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Are you a wuss?

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  2. Don't be a wuss!

    ruНе будь тряпкой!

    deSei kein Weichei!

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  3. Come on, I'm not a total wuss.

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  4. "You're such a wuss!" Anna teased Leonid.

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  5. That's our king. Honestly, he's a total wuss.

    ruЭто наш король. Если честно, он полный тюфяк.

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Origin

1976–1981 in US college slang. Perhaps abbreviated from wussy, or blend of wimp and puss.

1976–1981 in US college slang. Perhaps abbreviated from wussy, or blend of wimp and puss. Compare earlier wussy.

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Forms

wusses, wussing, wussed, wussed
Base formwuss · to wuss
3rd person singularwusses
Present participlewussing
Past simplewussed
Past participlewussed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywuss
he, she, itwusses

Past simpleLesson

all personswussed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wussed
he, she, ithas wussed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wuss

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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