Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as weak, ineffectual, or overly fearful.
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- noun slang A
weak orineffectual person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Calling John Murtha a wuss is ‘way off the reservation, and Murtha will (I trust) stick John MaCain back in the prison cell of failed ideas.
Think Progress » More McCain Attacks: Murtha ‘Sentimental,’ ‘Never Been a Big Thinker’ 2005
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He can't stand up to Cheney himself, so Pfeiffer has to step in .... wuss.
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I'm a big wuss, which is why I haven't been reading him.
February 2007 2007
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I'm a big wuss, which is why I haven't been reading him.
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I think you are misjudging the public. the only folks that are seeing Obama as a wuss are his present supporters, not the demographic he is reaching for.
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I also found it very comfortable, thought it handled well, was sensibly geared, and was even light enough for the average "wuss" to carry up and down a few flights of stairs.
BSNYC Product Review: Electra Ticino 8D BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I also found it very comfortable, thought it handled well, was sensibly geared, and was even light enough for the average "wuss" to carry up and down a few flights of stairs.
Archive 2010-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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It didn't to the friends with whom I watched, who took everything calmly, calling me "wuss" and "wimp" for moaning so.
David Finkle: You Think You're Hurting, Andy R. What About Me? 2009
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I won't say the name, because in the context of the rest of this post I don't want people reading it and thinking I'm some kind of wuss or weirdo, but I'll just say this: the content is .. questionable, at best.
phluid61 Diary Entry phluid61 2008
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'Oh, I must see her -- I must see her!' cries she, a-shakin 'wuss'n ever, so that I was afeard she'd fall off
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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