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cuss

[kuhs] Informal.
–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.


cusser, noun
cuss   (kŭs)   
intr. & tr.v.   cussed, cuss·ing, cuss·es
To curse or curse at.
n.  
  1. A curse.
  2. An odd or perverse person or creature.

[Alteration of curse.]
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