wuss
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- wussy adjective
Etymology
Origin of wuss
Example Sentences
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JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health.
From Literature
Maybe you’re a fellow weather wuss or you had a pandemic baby who hasn’t seen much of the indoor world yet.
From Seattle Times
Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
From New York Times
He was still playing, but he’d think I was a wuss.
From Literature
“She didn’t exactly say I was a wuss,” Ms. Coly said, “but she tried to persuade me, saying, ‘What’s the worst that can happen?
From New York Times
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