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huss

/ˈhʌs/

huss noun: a dogfish. Also the alternative form of husstuss.

Noun

huss (plural husses)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A dogfish.

Verb

huss (third-person singular simple present husses, present participle hussing, simple past and past participle hussed)

  1. (slang) To flee.
    • I immediately hussed as soon as my neighbour’s pitbull jumped over the fence.

Also used as

huss is also the alternative form of husstuss.

Forms of huss

Noun
pluralhusses
Verb
third-person singular presenthusses
present participlehussing
past participlehussed
pasthussed

Origin of huss

Unknown; originally (15th-16th century) also spelled husk.

Abbreviation of husstuss.

Questions about huss

What does huss mean?
Huss means a dogfish.
What part of speech is huss?
Huss can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce huss?
Huss is pronounced /ˈhʌs/.
What is the plural of huss?
The plural of huss is husses.

Words near huss in the dictionary

  1. Husnicioara
  2. huso
  3. Huson
  4. Husons
  5. husos
  6. huss
  7. Hussain
  8. Hussaini
  9. Hussainis
  10. hussar
  11. hussars

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