CUSS

curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss

(noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; “expletives were deleted”

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

(noun) a boy or man; “that chap is your host”; “there’s a fellow at the door”; “he’s a likable cuss”; “he’s a good bloke”

pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly

(noun) a persistently annoying person

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)

(chiefly, US) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

(chiefly, US) A curse.

(chiefly, US) A curse word.

Etymology 2

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

(dated, chiefly, US) A fellow, person.

Anagrams

• SCSU, SCUs

Source: Wiktionary



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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