cousin
Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
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I stopped following The Knicks in 1985, after my cousin Bernard King suffered a devastating injury to his right leg, while planting it under the hoop attempting to block a dunk by Kansas City King Reggie Theus.
When telling my cousin on Sunday about them she asked "Who are they?"
My cousin better not be eliminated today. Come on Ola! #MasterChefAU
Now I need to make Tweed’s cousin, Tub 🤣💛
that happens to my cousin if he eats seafood
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Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
Jerry Rawlings has pissed off not only the Company (the CIA) but its cousin (the Mossad) in the Middle East.
“I stopped following The Knicks in 1985, after my cousin Bernard King suffered a devastating injury to his right leg, while planting it under the hoop attempting to block a dunk by Kansas City King Reggie Theus.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When telling my cousin on Sunday about them she asked "Who are they?"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My cousin better not be eliminated today. Come on Ola! #MasterChefAU”
— Bluesky· May 2026“that happens to my cousin if he eats seafood”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The police found your cousin after 7 months of searching. She refused to go with them because she was finally home ♠️ #BNWO #blackbabyfactory #kaw #oblm #breedblack”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, in the plural) A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
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“Now I need to make Tweed’s cousin, Tub 🤣💛”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Rudy Giuliani is a cousin-fucker who's responsible for the deaths of NY firefighters and he's as tacky as that bridge and tunnel bitch he shills for. A bottle of champagne is chilled and ready to go. And I don't even drink!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“To achieve the future you seek, you must slip on a banana peel after Lent - but not before you get hit on by a cousin.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“LOL! I was again at the Westgate for my third screening that summer with my two cousins and when Luke ignited the lightsaber in Ben's house, one cousin lept out of her seat and screamed 🤣”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My 5 year old cousin made this It's a small New York made out of paper, but because he is 5 years old don't bully him not everybody is Leonardo da Vinci when they are 3”
— r/GenAlpha· Apr 2026
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(figurative, also, attributive) Something kindred or related to something else; a relative.
Jerry Rawlings has pissed off not only the Company (the CIA) but its cousin (the Mossad) in the Middle East.
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(US) Relatives, relations.
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(rare, slang, vulgar) Sexual relations between cousins.
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An American term for your relatives — the whole extended web of family, blood relations, and sometimes people who've just been around so long they count as family. It's warm and informal, carrying a down-home quality that 'relatives' simply doesn't. Common in Southern US speech and rural communities, it brings to mind front-porch reunions, family BBQs, and big holiday tables. Also used affectionately among close friend groups who consider themselves family.