Definition/Meaning of cuss

• English - Verb: cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed) (US, colloquial) To use cursing , to use bad language , to speak profanely . 1899, H. G. Wells, Mr. Brisher's Treasure: I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.
• English - Noun: cuss (plural cusses) (US, colloquial) A curse . (US, colloquial) A curse word . (US, colloquial) Fellow , person . He's an abrupt-sounding cuss , but good-hearted too. 2023, P. C. Wren, Beau Geste - Complete Series: Beau Geste Trilogy & Good Gestes Tales: "He's [...] Just an ornery cuss .'" cuss (plural cusses) (US, colloquial, dated) A fellow , person . 1949, “Happy Talk”, in Oscar Hammerstein…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. An 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”).…
• English - Pronunciation: (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kʌs/ (Northern England) IPA: /kʊs/ Rhymes: -ʌs
• English - Derived terms: cuss bank cuss box cuss jar cussless cuss word give a tinker's cuss tinker's cuss what the cuss