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Buss vs Wuss - What's the difference?

buss | wuss |

As nouns the difference between buss and wuss

is that buss is (archaic) a kiss while wuss is (slang) a weak or ineffectual person.

As verbs the difference between buss and wuss

is that buss is to kiss (either literally or figuratively) while wuss is .

buss

English

Noun

(es)
  • (archaic) A kiss.
  • *
    • Here he gave Jones a hearty buss , shook him by the hand, and took his leave.
  • A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
  • * Macaulay
    • The Dutch whalers and herring busses .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (es)
  • To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
  • * c. 1616 , Shakespeare, King John , (1623) iii, iv p35:
    • I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 189:
    • As the repatriated explorer dodges down to buss the earth […] he is so thoroughly caught up in the rhapsody of the moment that he fails to take into account the traffic behind him.
  • * 2007 , Fiddlehead, Winter 61 :
    • Sam...really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling.
  • To kiss.
  • * 2007 , James Isaiah Gabbe, LaRue's Maneuvers , Chapter 10, LaRue, The Blue Light, p259-60:
    • In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled.

    Anagrams

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    wuss

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) A weak or ineffectual person.
  • * 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript
    • Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.''
  • * 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (Screenplay)
    • Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy''
  • * 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120
    • ...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.
  • * 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7
    • And finally, don't be a wuss . Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.
  • * 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21
    • ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.

    Synonyms

    * pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp

    Derived terms

    * wuss out

    Verb

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