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cusser

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cuss

  [kuhs] Informal.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to use profanity; curse; swear.
–verb (used with object)
2. to swear at; curse: He cussed the pedestrian for getting in his way.
3. to criticize or reprimand in harsh terms (often fol. by out): The coach cussed out the team for losing.
–noun
4. curse word; oath.
5. a person or animal: a strange but likable cuss.
Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; var. of curse, with loss of r and shortening of vowel, as in ass 2 , bass 2 , passel, etc.

Related forms:
cusser, noun
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Word Origin & History

cuss 
1775, Amer.Eng. dialectal, "troublesome person or animal," an alteration of curse. Verb meaning "to say bad words" is first recorded 1815.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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