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cuz en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /kɒz/
  • /kʌz/
  • /kəz/ (unstressed)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal, not-comparable) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
    alt of 'cause

cuz en · CCONJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /kɒz/
  • /kʌz/
  • /kəz/ (unstressed)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, informal) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
    alt of 'cause
    • "(W)ho knows I wanted her dead? cuz i only told u and (D.B.) so unless u told someone ..." 2009 March 10, Rosie DiManno, “Murder reduced to infantile online postings”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2009:
Source: en.wiktionary, “cuz” (conj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

cuz en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkʌz/

Etymology

Short for cousin.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A cousin.
  2. (informal) Friendly term of address.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cuzzes Number=Plur lexicographic
cous alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

cuzzo