doss

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see also: Doss

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɒs/
• (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /dɑs/

Verb

doss (dosses, present participle dossing; past and past participle dossed)

1. (intransitive, British and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.

   I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.

2. (intransitive, British, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless

   I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.

Noun

doss

1. (slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.

   I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

2. (slang, British and Ireland) An easy piece of work.

   Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.

3. (slang, dated, British and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
4. (slang, dated, British and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.

Adjective

doss (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

   Get a hauld o yersel, ye doss cunt!

2. (Scotland) Good, desirable.

   The place is pure doss, like.

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Doss

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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