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cussing out

cussing out is the present participle and gerund of cuss out.

Meaning of cuss out

Verb

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

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To berate (someone or something) using profane language; to swear at (someone or something), especially at length.
    • [A]fter winning a berth on the U.S. Davis Cup team, he was dropped from the competition for the ungentlemanly way in which he cussed out a ball boy.1969 January 3, “Tennis: That Special Feeling”, in Time, retrieved 19 Apr 2014
    Synonyms:
    curse out

Questions about cussing out

What is cussing out the present participle and gerund of?
Cussing out is the present participle and gerund of cuss out.

Words near cussing out in the dictionary

  1. cussfest
  2. cussfests
  3. Cussin
  4. cussin'
  5. cussing
  6. cussing out
  7. cussingly
  8. cussings
  9. Cussins
  10. cussless
  11. cusso

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