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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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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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