nuss

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See also: Nuss, Nuß, and Nùss

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Verb

nuss (third-person singular simple present nusses, present participle nussing, simple past and past participle nussed)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of nurse.
    • 1851, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Shannodale ..., page 125
      Miss Mar'get wur the first chile as ever I nussed, forty years ago come this next August
    • 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan, "A Many Years Ago", H.M.S. Pinafore
      Two tender babes I nussed
    • 1996, T. Lindsay Baker, Julie Philips Baker, The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives, University of Oklahoma Press →ISBN, page 28
      I nussed all his chillun and den later, 'long come dey's chillun and I nussed dem, and I'se even nussed de great gran 'chillun.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of nussima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnusʲs/, [ˈnusʲs]

Noun

nuss (genitive nussi, partitive nussi)

  1. (vulgar) an act of sexual intercourse
  2. (vulgar, colloquial) a pain in the ass; something that causes anger and frustration

Declension

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