wuss
/wʊs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss."
- "You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy"
- "...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut."
- "`Fatty's under the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'"
- "And finally, don't be a wuss. Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive."
- "...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wʊs/
- British English: /wʊs/