wuss

plural wusses

1. derogatorymildlyslangA weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.

   1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.

   5 more examples

   You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy

   1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, spoken by Mike Damone

   ...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.

   1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120

   `Fatty's under the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'

   1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 144

   And finally, don't be a wuss. Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.

   2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7

   ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.

   2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21

   Synonyms: pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp, puss, pussy, coward

present singular third person wusses · participle present wussing · participle past wussed · past wussed

1. Only used in wuss out