Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, mildly, slang)A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.

    1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.

    Weichei, Feigling, Schlappschwanz

    слаба́кslabák, тря́пкаtrjápka, ро́хляróxlja

    a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Are you a wuss?

  2. Don't be a wuss!

    ruНе будь тряпкой! — alik_farber

    deSei kein Weichei! — samueldora

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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.

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

    ruЭто наш король. Если честно, он полный тюфяк. — Ooneykcall

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Translations

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weak, ineffectual person:
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weak, ineffectual person:

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

plural: wusses
Singularwuss
Pluralwusses

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person:pansy
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwuss out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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