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Meaning of Cuss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kʌs

Definitions

  1. A curse.
  2. A fellow, person.
  3. A curse word.

Equivalents

العربية الشخص
Български ругая
Čeština klít nadávat
Dansk bande
Deutsch Flüchen
Esperanto ŝakri
Español palabrotear
Français jurer
Hrvatski beštima
Italiano bestemmiare
Kurdî klît
Nederlands vervloeken
Русский ругаться
Svenska svara
Türkçe küfretmek

Examples

“Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"”
“"Proud young cuss, aren't you?" "Apparently - I don't know." "Or is it you are just pig-headed?"”
“Talk about the boy saying to the girl, “Golly, baby, I’m a lucky cuss!””
“Dawn Run's owner, Charmian Hill, who had insisted on trainer Paddy Mullins 'jocking off' his son Tony and putting up Jonjo O'Neill to ride her in the Gold Cup, was an awkward cuss too.”

CEFR level

C2
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