doss
Plural: dosses
Noun
- the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
- an operating system that is on a disk
- The avoidance of work.
- An easy piece of work.
- A place to sleep in; a bed.
- Sleep.
Verb
Verb Forms: dossed, dossing, dosses
- To sleep in a makeshift or convenient place; to lodge.
- sleep in a convenient place
- To avoid work, shirk, etc.
- To sleep, especially in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless.
Adj
- Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
- Good, desirable.
Examples
- Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
- Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!
- He had to DOSS on a low-scoring word, saving his good tiles for the next turn.
- I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
- I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
- I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.
- The place is pure doss, like.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
Synonyms
crash, Department of State, disk operating system, DOS, DoS, doss down, State, State Department, United States Department of State
Scrabble Score: 5
doss: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddoss: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
doss: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary