"cuss" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kʌs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuss.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cusses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: American English dialect pronunciation of curse. For the phonetic development compare American ass (“buttocks”) for other English arse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|curse}} curse, {{m|en|ass|t=buttocks}} ass (“buttocks”), {{m|en|arse}} arse Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuss (plural cusses)
  1. (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse. Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-cuss-en-noun-JxRK-pZh Categories (other): American English, English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ Disambiguation of English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/: 21 21 28 31
  2. (chiefly US, colloquial) A curse word. Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-cuss-en-noun-Q-kF4SOB Categories (other): American English, English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ Disambiguation of English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/: 21 21 28 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuss word, give a tinker's cuss, tinker's cuss, what the cuss
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kʌs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuss.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cusses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: Clipping of customer. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|customer}} Clipping of customer Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuss (plural cusses)
  1. (dated, chiefly US, colloquial) A fellow, person. Tags: US, colloquial, dated Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cuss-en-noun-kzS9GHdq Disambiguation of People: 20 20 33 26 Categories (other): American English, English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ Disambiguation of English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/: 21 21 28 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kʌs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuss.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cusses [present, singular, third-person], cussing [participle, present], cussed [participle, past], cussed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: American English dialect pronunciation of curse. For the phonetic development compare American ass (“buttocks”) for other English arse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|curse}} curse, {{m|en|ass|t=buttocks}} ass (“buttocks”), {{m|en|arse}} arse Head templates: {{en-verb}} cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)
  1. (chiefly US, colloquial) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. Tags: US, colloquial Derived forms: cuss out, cussy, mooncusser Translations (to use cursing): проклинам (proklinam) (Bulgarian), ругая (rugaja) (Bulgarian), nadávat [imperfective] (Czech), klít [imperfective] (Czech), bande (Danish), vervloeken (Dutch), kiroilla (Finnish), jurer (French), fluchen (German), βλασφημώ (vlasfimó) (Greek), βλαστημώ (vlastimó) (Greek), bestemmiare (Italian), banne (Norwegian Bokmål), banna (Norwegian Nynorsk), bluzgać [imperfective] (Polish), bluznąć [perfective] (Polish), руга́ться (rugátʹsja) (Russian), svära (Swedish), küfretmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cuss-en-verb-CmJog4wn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 36 9 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 32 12 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 34 11 47 Disambiguation of English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/: 21 21 28 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rugaja",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "ругая"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nadávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "klít"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "bande"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "vervloeken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "kiroilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "jurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "fluchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlasfimó",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "βλασφημώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vlastimó",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "βλαστημώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "bestemmiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "banne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "banna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bluzgać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "bluznąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rugátʹsja",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "руга́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "svära"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to use cursing",
      "word": "küfretmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuss"
}

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      "word": "give a tinker's cuss"
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        "A curse."
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        "(chiefly US, colloquial) A curse."
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      "categories": [
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        "(chiefly US, colloquial) A curse word."
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        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate",
          "text": "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.\n\"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!\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 6",
          "text": "\"Proud young cuss, aren't you?\" \"Apparently - I don't know.\" \"Or is it you are just pig-headed?\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, “Happy Talk”, in Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics), Richard Rogers (music), South Pacific",
          "text": "Talk about the boy saying to the girl,\n“Golly, baby, I’m a lucky cuss!”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robin Oakley, Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time",
          "text": "Dawn Run's owner, Charmian Hill, who had insisted on trainer Paddy Mullins 'jocking off' his son Tony and putting up Jonjo O'Neill to ride her in the Gold Cup, was an awkward cuss too.",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "word": "cuss"
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