Noun
a man who has never uttered a single cussVerb
She started to yell and cuss as soon as she saw him.
the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing
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Noun
And, when the alarm wails hours before dawn, human cusses of angry protest join the chorus
of budget appliances failing before their time.—Virginia Konchan, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 My grandmother extended a ladder up into this tough old cuss of a tree and climbed up, at some risk, to pick the bulging fruit.—Jim Meddleton, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
Verb
The cussing example is a case, like the side-eye meme, where Black internet users identify with the vice president’s nod to Black culture, in this case through Ebonics.—Raven Maragh-Lloyd, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025 Song constantly cusses in real life, though, and says that her community doesn't bat an eye at profanity.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cuss
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