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cussing

[ kuhs-ing ]

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noun

the act or practice of cursing or swearing:
Keep the cussing to a minimum, as there are kids around.
the act of criticizing or reprimanding someone in harsh language (usually followed by out ):
After three fouls, the player was pulled from the field and got a good cussing out from his coach.

cursing or swearing:
A cussing parrot has landed a woman in court for allegedly teaching the bird to swear at her neighbor.

Origin of cussing¹

First recorded in 1830–40; cuss ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun senses; cuss ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective sense

Instead, “VAMS has become a cuss word,” Marshall Taylor, head of South Carolina’s health department, told state lawmakers in January.

So often, cussing as an insult is employed lazily in scripts.

I had stopped cussing, because the widow didn't like it; but now I took to it again because pap hadn't no objections.

At last, he fairly began blubbring; now cussing and nashing his teeth, now praying dear Mr. Deuceace to grant him mercy.

Every time he busted out into another cussing spell they would start another hymn.

"If that's the case, I'm going to quit cussing, and say my prayers every night," Andy Green asserted emphatically.

The old gentleman have quit his religious cussing now and have took to fussing.

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