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Compare later <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wussy#English" title="wussy">wussy</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wʊs/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-au-wuss.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-wuss.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-au-wuss.ogg/En-au-wuss.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-au-wuss.ogg" title="File:En-au-wuss.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%CA%8As" title="Rhymes:English/ʊs"><span class="IPA">-ʊs</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">wuss</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wusses#English" title="wusses">wusses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> mildly <a href="/wiki/derogatory" title="derogatory">derogatory</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/weak" title="weak">weak</a>, <a href="/wiki/ineffectual" title="ineffectual">ineffectual</a>, <a href="/wiki/cowardly" title="cowardly">cowardly</a>, or <a href="/wiki/timid" title="timid">timid</a> person. <ul><li><b>1976,</b> Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, <i> Campus Slang typescript</i> <dl><dd><i>Nov. 6 Come on you <b>wuss</b>, hit a basket..! John's a <b>wuss</b>.</i></dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1982</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Crowe" class="extiw" title="w:Cameron Crowe">Cameron Crowe</a>, <cite>Fast Times at Ridgemont High</cite>, spoken by Mike Damone:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">You are a <b>wuss</b>: part wimp, and part pussy</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1995,</b> Rob Huizenga, <i>You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0312136277&id=4BGaoXg41DQC&pg=RA7-PA120&lpg=RA7-PA120&ots=IqeAFmjNNh&dq=%22a+wuss%22+date:1500-2000&sig=nmgkh4IAPBEmMbhmqrzN4AHBxJ8">Page 120</a> <dl><dd>...if you got a reputation as a <b>wuss</b> around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>2003,</b> Andrea P. Roberts, <i>Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595299695&id=y9RV0SokpTYC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&ots=9nbN829ddA&dq=%22be+a+wuss%22+date:2002-2003&sig=vwtMvt2vx5mHHh6qJwOQ6-xEe9I">Page 7</a> <dl><dd><i>And finally, don't be a <b>wuss</b>. Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.</i></dd></dl></li> <li><b>2003,</b> Marc J. Soares, <i>100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN089886867X&id=o-EU-ysbRKQC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&ots=ANkjmuq7lg&dq=%22be+a+wuss%22&sig=45AbGyoJT7Z9YQJEKCSAuar0P9U">Page 21</a> <dl><dd><i>...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a <b>wuss</b> than a stud.</i></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pansy#English" title="pansy">pansy</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pushover#English" title="pushover">pushover</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weakling#English" title="weakling">weakling</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wimp#English" title="wimp">wimp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss#English" title="puss">puss</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pussy#English" title="pussy">pussy</a></span>; see also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:milksop" title="Thesaurus:milksop">Thesaurus:milksop</a> or <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:coward" title="Thesaurus:coward">Thesaurus:coward</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wuss_out#English" title="wuss out">wuss out</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-weak,_ineffectual_person"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">weak, ineffectual person</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="weak, ineffectual person"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/covard#Catalan" title="covard">covard</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/covard" class="extiw" title="ca:covard">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/covarda#Catalan" title="covarda">covarda</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/covarda" class="extiw" title="ca:covarda">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/slaboch#Czech" title="slaboch">slaboch</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>,, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/m%C4%9Bkkota#Czech" title="měkkota">měkkota</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=padavka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="padavka (page does not exist)">padavka</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A1bovka#Czech" title="bábovka">bábovka</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A1bovka" class="extiw" title="cs:bábovka">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/pelkuri#Finnish" title="pelkuri">pelkuri</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/pelkuri" class="extiw" title="fi:pelkuri">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/mammanpoika#Finnish" title="mammanpoika">mammanpoika</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mammanpoika" class="extiw" title="fi:mammanpoika">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/nynny#Finnish" title="nynny">nynny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nynny" class="extiw" title="fi:nynny">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/nyhver%C3%B6#Finnish" title="nyhverö">nyhverö</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nyhver%C3%B6" class="extiw" title="fi:nyhverö">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/chochotte#French" title="chochotte">chochotte</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chochotte" class="extiw" title="fr:chochotte">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mauviette#French" title="mauviette">mauviette</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mauviette" class="extiw" title="fr:mauviette">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Weichei#German" title="Weichei">Weichei</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weichei" class="extiw" title="de:Weichei">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">colloquial</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Feigling#German" title="Feigling">Feigling</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feigling" class="extiw" title="de:Feigling">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Schlappschwanz#German" title="Schlappschwanz">Schlappschwanz</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schlappschwanz" class="extiw" title="de:Schlappschwanz">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">colloquial</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Waschlappen#German" title="Waschlappen">Waschlappen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Waschlappen" class="extiw" title="de:Waschlappen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">colloquial</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Memme#German" title="Memme">Memme</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Memme" class="extiw" title="de:Memme">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">colloquial</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Schw%C3%A4chling#German" title="Schwächling">Schwächling</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schw%C3%A4chling" class="extiw" title="de:Schwächling">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Lulu#German" title="Lulu">Lulu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lulu" class="extiw" title="de:Lulu">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Austrian</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82#Greek" title="χέστης">χέστης</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:χέστης">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">chéstis</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%AC%CF%82#Greek" title="χεζάς">χεζάς</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%AC%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:χεζάς">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">chezás</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D#Greek" title="χεζού">χεζού</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D" class="extiw" title="el:χεζού">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">chezoú</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/femminuccia#Italian" title="femminuccia">femminuccia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/femminuccia" class="extiw" title="it:femminuccia">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/pappamolle#Italian" title="pappamolle">pappamolle</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/fifone#Italian" title="fifone">fifone</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/fifone" class="extiw" title="it:fifone">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/smidollato#Italian" title="smidollato">smidollato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/smidollato" class="extiw" title="it:smidollato">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/vigliacco#Italian" title="vigliacco">vigliacco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vigliacco" class="extiw" title="it:vigliacco">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/codardo#Italian" title="codardo">codardo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/codardo" class="extiw" title="it:codardo">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/rammollito#Italian" title="rammollito">rammollito</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/rammollito" class="extiw" title="it:rammollito">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mollusco#Italian" title="mollusco">mollusco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/mollusco" class="extiw" title="it:mollusco">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/coniglio#Italian" title="coniglio">coniglio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/coniglio" class="extiw" title="it:coniglio">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/pollo#Italian" title="pollo">pollo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/pollo" class="extiw" title="it:pollo">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/merlo#Italian" title="merlo">merlo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/merlo" class="extiw" title="it:merlo">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/cacasotto#Italian" title="cacasotto">cacasotto</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacasotto" class="extiw" title="it:cacasotto">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/pisciasotto#Italian" title="pisciasotto">pisciasotto</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/pisciasotto" class="extiw" title="it:pisciasotto">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mammoletta#Italian" title="mammoletta">mammoletta</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/mollaccione#Italian" title="mollaccione">mollaccione</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/vile#Italian" title="vile">vile</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vile" class="extiw" title="it:vile">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/debole#Italian" title="debole">debole</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/debole" class="extiw" title="it:debole">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/pauroso#Italian" title="pauroso">pauroso</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/pauroso" class="extiw" title="it:pauroso">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/eunuco#Italian" title="eunuco">eunuco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/eunuco" class="extiw" title="it:eunuco">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/cienias#Polish" title="cienias">cienias</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/mi%C4%99czak#Polish" title="mięczak">mięczak</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mi%C4%99czak" class="extiw" title="pl:mięczak">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/fracote#Portuguese" title="fracote">fracote</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/bund%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="bundão">bundão</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/bund%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:bundão">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA#Russian" title="слабак">слаба́к</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:слабак">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">slabák</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="тряпка">тря́пка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:тряпка">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">trjápka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BB%D1%8F#Russian" title="рохля">ро́хля</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:рохля">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">róxlja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8F#Russian" title="размазня">размазня́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:размазня">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">razmaznjá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F#Russian" title="мямля">мя́мля</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:мямля">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mjámlja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%84%D1%8F%D0%BA#Russian" title="тюфяк">тюфя́к</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%84%D1%8F%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:тюфяк">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">tjufják</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="губошлёп (page does not exist)">губошлёп</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BF" class="extiw" title="ru:губошлёп">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">gubošljóp</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%91%D0%BF%D0%B0#Russian" title="недотёпа">недотёпа</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%91%D0%BF%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:недотёпа">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">nedotjópa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/calzonazos#Spanish" title="calzonazos">calzonazos</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/calzonazos" class="extiw" title="es:calzonazos">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/mes#Swedish" title="mes">mes</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/mes" class="extiw" title="sv:mes">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">wuss</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wusses#English" title="wusses">wusses</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wussing#English" title="wussing">wussing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wussed#English" title="wussed">wussed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Only used in <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wuss_out#English" title="wuss out">wuss out</a></i></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catawba">Catawba</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Catawba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="chc">wuss</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative spelling of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="chc"><a href="/wiki/wus#Catawba" title="wus">wus</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/wis#Scots" title="wis">wis</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/wiss#Scots" title="wiss">wiss</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/woss#Scots" title="woss">woss</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vouss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vouss (page does not exist)">vouss</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wus#Middle_English" title="wus">wus</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wose#Middle_English" title="wose">wose</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">juice, sap</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/wos#Old_English" title="wos">wōs</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">moisture, exuded liquid, juice</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/w%C5%8Ds%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōsą">*wōsą</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">juice, moisture</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wes-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wes-">*wes-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">fat, moisture</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/os#Danish" title="os">os</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">vine sap</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=weaze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="weaze (page does not exist)">weaze</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">slime, mud</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/waas#Dutch" title="waas">waas</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">marshy land, vapor, mist, film</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. More at <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ooze#English" title="ooze">ooze</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=wuss&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">wuss</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/wusses#Scots" title="wusses">wusses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/juice" title="juice">juice</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/liquid" title="liquid">liquid</a> obtained from boiling or squeezing fruit or vegetable substances</li></ol>    </div><noscript><img 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