cuss

Verb

Plain form cuss

Third-person singular cusses

Past tense cussed

Past participle cussed

Present participle cussing

1. (informal) If you cuss you say a word that is vulgar, insulting, or very impolite.

   I lost my temper and cussed at my boss.

   My son is in trouble for cussing in school.

Noun

Singular cuss

Plural cusses

1. (informal); (Southern US); (not common) Another form of the word curse

   King Tut was believed to have made a cuss against anyone who awakes him in his dead.