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cuss

[kuhs] / kʌs /


VERB
swear
Synonyms


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Cutting back to Tuesday on the radio, DJ Envy asked her, “What’s up with you and farts?” as Curtis mentioned using “fart digger” and “fart knocker” as HGTV-palatable cuss words.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Shapiro isn’t the kind of norm-breaking politician who might be expected to cuss in public.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Oftentimes I would talk people down from this righteous anger, then I would be like, “So don’t cuss people out you don’t know,” and then they’d be like, “Yeah, you’re right.”

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2023

She doesn't cuss more than other athletes — or their coaches.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022

“Why is it you like to cuss so much, Dante?”

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz




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