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cuss

[kuhs] / kʌs /


VERB
swear
Synonyms


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Oftentimes I would talk people down from this righteous anger, then I would be like, “So don’t cuss people out you don’t know,” and then they’d be like, “Yeah, you’re right.”

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2023

There’s not much sense in being the richest miserable cuss in the cemetery.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2022

"Heck, yes. But am I going to allow a child to cuss anyone out? Heck, no."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2021

“He wouldn’t have wanted me to give up, say this isn’t fair and cuss my life out,” Evan said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2020

Caliban—the monster in the play, not the escaped rat—he knew cuss words.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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