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wus

wus is the alternative spelling of wuss.

wus is the plural of wu.

wus is the eye dialect spelling of was.

Meaning of wuss

Noun

wuss (plural wusses)

  1. (derogatory, mildly, slang) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.
    • Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript

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Meaning of wu

Noun

wu (plural wus or wu)

  1. (historical) A Chinese shaman.

See all 19 meanings of wu

Forms of wus

pluralwusses

Origin of wus

See wuss

See wu

Eye dialect spelling of was.

Questions about wus

What is wus the alternative spelling of?
Wus is the alternative spelling of wuss.

Words near wus in the dictionary

  1. wurzel
  2. wurzels
  3. Wurzer
  4. Wurzers
  5. Wurzes
  6. wus
  7. Wushan
  8. Wushi
  9. wushu
  10. Wusi
  11. Wusih

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wus (page history and authors); wuss (page history and authors); wu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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