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puss out

puss out verb: to avoid doing something due to cowardice.

Verb

puss out (third-person singular simple present pusses out, present participle pussing out, simple past and past participle pussed out)

  1. (intransitive, offensive, slang, vulgar) To avoid doing something due to cowardice.

Forms of puss out

third-person singular presentpusses out
present participlepussing out
past participlepussed out
pastpussed out

Origin of puss out

From pussy.

Questions about puss out

What does puss out mean?
Puss out means to avoid doing something due to cowardice.
What part of speech is puss out?
Puss out is a verb.
What is the past tense of puss out?
The past tense of puss out is pussed out.

Words near puss out in the dictionary

  1. puss in a bag
  2. Puss in Boots
  3. puss in the corner
  4. puss moth
  5. puss moths
  6. puss out
  7. puss-gentleman
  8. puss-gentlemen
  9. puss-puss
  10. puss-pusses
  11. pusscat

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