cuz

cuz
cuz 17c. as an abbreviation of COUSIN (Cf. cousin); 1889 as an attempt to represent the lazy pronunciation of BECAUSE (Cf. because).

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  • Cuz — is an apocopation of: because cousin Cuz can also refer to: The IATA code for the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Cusco, Peru. A member of the Crips gang A term used to address someone in Center Township, PA …   Wikipedia

  • cuz — [kəz, kʌz] conj AmE spoken a short form of because British Equivalent: cos ▪ Why? Cuz I said so! …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • CUZ — CUZ, sigle composé des trois lettres C, U et Z, peut faire référence à : Aéroport international Alejandro Velasco Astete, aéroport de Cuzco, au Pérou, selon la liste des codes AITA des aéroports, Catégorie : Code …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cuz — cuz. interj. U. para llamar a los perros. U. m. repetida …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • cuz — [ kəz ] conjunction AMERICAN INFORMAL a way of writing because that shows how it sounds in informal conversation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cuz — (because) due to the fact that, as a result of (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cuz — interj. U. para llamar a los perros. U. m. repetida …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • cuz — /kuz/ an obsolete spelling of ↑coz …   Useful english dictionary

  • cüz — is. <ər.> Küll halında olan bir şeyin hissələrindən biri; hissə, qisim, parça. // din. Quranın bölündüyü otuz hissədən biri. <Durna:> Qoy 30 cüz Quran mənim ciyərimi parça parça doğrasın! C. C.. Xəlfə dib tərəfdə, köhnə palaz üstündə… …   Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti

  • cuz — [kaz] n. cousin. (Old colloquial.) □ I’ve got to go to Denver to visit my cuz. □ My cuz came to visit for the weekend …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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