Synonyms
Examples of cuss in a Sentence
Noun
a man who has never uttered a single cuss
Verb
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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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Betty Sykes didn’t give a cuss what came out of her mouth—and much of it was cusses—or who listened.
—Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
How many f**king cuss words are in these sh**ty video games, anyway?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2014
Betty Sykes didn’t give a cuss what came out of her mouth—and much of it was cusses—or who listened.
—Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The Stamos party happened to be on the same flight out of Munich with U.S. players, and Gregory remembers hearing players, who had refused to accept the silver medals, letting out cuss words over and over.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
An image of Bender, DiMaggio's alcohol-binging, cigar-smoking, cuss-slinging robot, was used by Hulu to promote the news of the revival — but DiMaggio's name was not mentioned among the returning cast.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2022
There was no way that after almost 20 years, the gun-toting, muumuu-wearing, glad-to-cuss-everybody-out elderly woman would leave so quietly.
—Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
The cuss bucket became a national story when NPR mentioned it on the air at the time.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2021
Daniel Buck, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
That carrier, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety on his route, had just dropped off some mail at a residence when a man started yelling at him and cussing him out.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
As for the disorderly conduct charges, police content Crews engaged in fighting and disobeyed the officer who told her to quit cussing and yelling in public.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
But that’s not why Sinéad was cussing at me that day on the phone.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
That woman, identified by police as 27-year-old Rebecca Armstrong, became to cuss at McCloud, accused her of following her for weeks, and then shot her, McCloud said.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
That caused Kuss to go down, leading to a massive pile-up of about 20 riders during Stage 15 of the race and perhaps a lot of cussing along the way.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 July 2023
The footage captured him cussing and saying the scissors kept falling out of his hand.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
The man denied it, and Rendon cussed at the fan and took a swipe at him with his left hand before walking away.
—Michael Wagaman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
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Noun
This California school board president has 2 DUIs and cusses.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Betty Sykes didn’t give a cuss what came out of her mouth—and much of it was cusses—or who listened.
—Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
How many f**king cuss words are in these sh**ty video games, anyway?
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2014
Betty Sykes didn’t give a cuss what came out of her mouth—and much of it was cusses—or who listened.
—Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
The Stamos party happened to be on the same flight out of Munich with U.S. players, and Gregory remembers hearing players, who had refused to accept the silver medals, letting out cuss words over and over.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
An image of Bender, DiMaggio's alcohol-binging, cigar-smoking, cuss-slinging robot, was used by Hulu to promote the news of the revival — but DiMaggio's name was not mentioned among the returning cast.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2022
There was no way that after almost 20 years, the gun-toting, muumuu-wearing, glad-to-cuss-everybody-out elderly woman would leave so quietly.
—Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
The cuss bucket became a national story when NPR mentioned it on the air at the time.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2021
Verb
While schools can still employ punitive discipline for severe actions such as violence or drug possessions, kids can now cuss out their teacher with impunity.
—Daniel Buck, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
That carrier, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety on his route, had just dropped off some mail at a residence when a man started yelling at him and cussing him out.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
As for the disorderly conduct charges, police content Crews engaged in fighting and disobeyed the officer who told her to quit cussing and yelling in public.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
But that’s not why Sinéad was cussing at me that day on the phone.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
That woman, identified by police as 27-year-old Rebecca Armstrong, became to cuss at McCloud, accused her of following her for weeks, and then shot her, McCloud said.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
That caused Kuss to go down, leading to a massive pile-up of about 20 riders during Stage 15 of the race and perhaps a lot of cussing along the way.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 July 2023
The footage captured him cussing and saying the scissors kept falling out of his hand.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
The man denied it, and Rendon cussed at the fan and took a swipe at him with his left hand before walking away.
—Michael Wagaman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
alteration of curse
First Known Use
Noun
1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1768, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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Cite this Entry
“Cuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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