tuss

See also: túss, tüss, and tušš

English

Noun

tuss (plural tusses)

1. (Cornwall) The penis.
   • 2008, Simon Oliver, Change:

     Couldn't keep his tuss in his trousers. Now he's saddled Malice with two sprogs and he's probably shagging another maid or two as we speak.

2. (Cornwall) An obnoxious person; a dick.
   • 2018, F. Steel, A Cornish Journey (page 99)

     I started to head for the door.
     'Not you you tuss, that other prick,' bellowed Dick.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tussu. Cognate with Finnish tussu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtusʲː/, [ˈtusʲː]
• Rhymes: -usʲː
• Hyphenation: tuss

Noun

tuss (genitive tussi, partitive tussi)

1. (vulgar) cunt, pussy; vulva

   Synonyms: (vulgar) vitt, puts

2. (colloquial) buttocks

   Synonyms: (childish) pepu, (vulgar) perse

Declension

Declension of tuss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tuss	tussid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tussi
genitive			tusside
partitive		tussi	tusse tussisid
illative		tussi tussisse	tussidesse tussesse
inessive		tussis	tussides tusses
elative		tussist	tussidest tussest
allative		tussile	tussidele tussele
adessive		tussil	tussidel tussel
ablative		tussilt	tussidelt tusselt
translative		tussiks	tussideks tusseks
terminative		tussini	tussideni
essive		tussina	tussidena
abessive		tussita	tussideta
comitative		tussiga	tussidega

References

• tuss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tuss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tuss

1. alternative form of tusshe

Etymology 2

Adverb

tuss

1. (Ormulum, before dentals) alternative form of þus

Norwegian Nynorsk

"Tussefolk", postcard by Theodor Kittelsen published 1908.

Alternative forms

• tusse

Etymology

From Old Norse þurs, þuss, from Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz. Cognates include dialectal English thurse.

Noun

tuss m (definite singular tussen, indefinite plural tussar, definite plural tussane)

1. (Norse mythology) giant, troll
2. (folklore, also collective) a kind of subterranean wight, usually in blue clothes
3. (dialectal, derogatory) simpleton

See also

• tussebit
• tusselort
• tusskall
• tussesovl

References

• “tuss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

tuss c

1. a wad (small mass of soft material)
2. (by extension) something reminiscent of a wad, like a cloud

   molntuss

   "cloud wad"

Declension

Declension of tuss

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tuss	tuss
	definite	tussen	tussens
plural	indefinite	tussar	tussars
	definite	tussarna	tussarnas

Derived terms

• bomullstuss (“cotton ball”)
• dammtuss (“dust bunny”)

See also

• vadd

References

• “tuss”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tuss”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tuss”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)