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cuss /kʌs/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]British EnglishBrE old-fashioned, American EnglishAmE spoken
1.SWEARto swear because you are annoyed by something 诅咒,咒骂
2cuss somebody ↔ outphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmE spokenSWEARto swear and shout at someone because you are angry 咒骂
She got mad and started cussing him out.
她气疯了,开始对他破口大骂。
Examples from the Corpus
cuss• The Navy should hire me to teachsailors how to cuss.• Unlike his teammates, Jones doesn't drink or cuss.• It says that a boxer can not cuss at the audience during a match.• He started cussing at the policeman who stopped him.• Of course in doing so, her rear became out of line, so she was cussed for that too.• Jeez, what if I get mad and start cussing out the kids in my class!• All I did was sit down for supper! and I get cussed out twice.• So our workers get abused, cussed out.• I didn't blow the horn, but I was cussing that driver for about a mile.• By his own account, he soldiered and cussed with them, working and learning by their side.