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CUSS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

Example:

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Synonyms:

curse; curse word; cuss; expletive; oath; swearing; swearword

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)

Derivation:

cuss (utter obscenities or profanities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A boy or man

Example:

he's a good bloke

Synonyms:

blighter; bloke; chap; cuss; fella; feller; fellow; gent; lad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuss"):

dog (informal term for a man)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A persistently annoying person

Synonyms:

blighter; cuss; gadfly; pest; pesterer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cuss" is a kind of...):

persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuss"):

nudnick; nudnik ((Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter obscenities or profanities

Example:

The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street

Synonyms:

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cuss" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Verb group:

blaspheme (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cuss (profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger)

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