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Meanings of cuss in English

Portuguese
homem
Spanish
tipo

A boy or man.

      homem
      Portuguese
      palavrão
      Catalan
      paraulota
      Spanish
      garabato

      Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.

          palavrão
          Portuguese
          peste
          Catalan
          corcó
          Spanish
          plaga

          A persistently annoying person.

                peste
                Portuguese
                desbocar-se
                Spanish
                jurar

                To use offensive language.

                      desbocar-se
                      Usage of cuss in English
                      1
                      Joseph said, I think you should add a couple of cuss words.
                      Solomon's oak: a novel
                      2
                      They knew the best Spanish cuss words and where to score dope.
                      Cold springs
                      3
                      I said a few comforting cuss words and took off after DeChooch.
                      Seven up
                      4
                      Got in just in time to pop the cuss that had you.
                      Overland: A Novel
                      5
                      I wanted to stand on the corner and cuss someone out too.
                      Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia
                      6
                      She did cut it out when she took the cuss on herself.
                      Aylwin
                      7
                      If you will cuss a little it will relieve my feelings immensely.
                      Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
                      8
                      That make him so mad he jest stand and holler and cuss.
                      Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                      9
                      The cuss turned green and stammered that he wasn't no animal tamer.
                      Mary Rose of Mifflin
                      10
                      It's the chies as sticks to the dials, cuss or no cuss.
                      Aylwin
                      11
                      Then he would cuss and pick up a newspaper or a book.
                      Fevre Dream
                      12
                      Let's hear what the cuss has to say; he's a cool un.
                      The Gentleman from Everywhere
                      13
                      I would get tired, want to go home, cuss Abe most heartily.
                      The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
                      14
                      He appreciates a good job; he's a sort o' literary cuss himself.
                      A Hoosier Chronicle
                      15
                      I pity the poor cuss-Well ,there'sonly one more entry after that.
                      The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
                      16
                      They hain't heerd from the cuss, or they'd a bushwhacked us somewhar.
                      Overland: A Novel
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