CUSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuss mean? 

• CUSS (noun)
  The noun CUSS has 3 senses:

1. a persistently annoying person

2. a boy or man

3. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

  Familiarity information: CUSS used as a noun is uncommon.

• CUSS (verb)
  The verb CUSS has 1 sense:

1. utter obscenities or profanities

  Familiarity information: CUSS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A persistently annoying person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blighter; cuss; gadfly; pest; pesterer

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuss"):

nudnick; nudnik ((Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A boy or man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blighter; bloke; chap; cuss; fella; feller; fellow; gent; lad

Context example:

he's a good bloke

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuss"):

dog (informal term for a man)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

curse; curse word; cuss; expletive; oath; swearing; swearword

Context example:

expletives were deleted

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)

Derivation:

cuss (utter obscenities or profanities)

• CUSS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter obscenities or profanities

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear

Context example:

The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street

Hypernyms (to "cuss" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Verb group:

blaspheme (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cuss (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger)

 Context examples 

He used to suck my finger regular, the darn little cuss—that finger right there! And Skiff Miller, too overwrought for speech, held up a fore finger for them to see.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"The darned cuss."

(White Fang, by Jack London)