† gossn.1
Scottish. Obsolete.
(See quot. 1710.)
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1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Goddis apis God's goss, a silly, but good natured man.
1721 A. Ramsay Elegy Patie Birnie 95 Soon as he wan within the closs, He dously drew in Mair gear fra ilka gentle goss Than bought a new ane.
Draft additions September 2016
colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).
a. A casual and unconstrained conversation about other people, events, etc., typically personal or private in nature and often unsubstantiated; an instance of gossiping.
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1983 New Society 10 Mar. 384/2 Its [sc. the telephone] chief function is to facilitate a good long gossip or ‘gozz’.
1990 Times (Nexis) 17 Nov. Everybody who is anybody in the village drops in for coffee and a goss.
1996 J. Marsden Darkness be my Friend xviii. 206 I was starting to enjoy myself at last... We hadn't had a good goss for ages.
2011 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 10 Apr. 12 I met Clare for lunch this week for a goss about what the future holds for her.
b. Casual and unconstrained talk or reports, typically personal or private in nature, and often unsubstantiated; unconfirmed rumour; = gossip n. 4.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun]
speechc1000
wordOE
hearinga1300
opinion1340
talesa1375
famea1387
inklinga1400
slandera1400
noising1422
rumour?a1425
bruit1477
nickinga1500
commoninga1513
roarc1520
murmura1522
hearsay?1533
cry1569
scandal1596
vogue1626
discourse1677
sough1716
circulation1775
gossip1811
myth1849
breeze1879
sound1899
potin1922
dirt1926
rumble1929
skinny1938
labrish1942
lie and story1950
scam1964
he-say-she-say1972
factoid1973
ripple1977
goss1985
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip
jowl?c1225
trattle1513
tittle-tattle1570
tattle1583
clatter1596
street web1614
town talk1642
street-threada1661
clash1685
fetch-fire1784
street yarn1800
gossip1811
village gossip1847
Russian scandal1861
chopsing1879
cooze1880
reportage1881
skeet1900
scuttlebutt gossip1901
pussy-talk1937
mauvais languec1945
comess1970
he-say-she-say1972
gyaff1975
skinder1979
goss1985
gist1990
1985 Salient (N.Z.) 9 Sept. 3 Interesting goss from the ‘Watch my manoeuvring’ department? Well, 1983 Vic prez Leighton Duley stood for prez of NZUSA.
1990 Fast Forward 21 Feb. 2/2 By now you'll know the new Blue Peter presenter.., so here's a bit of background goss on the bubbly new star!
2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) xv. 151 I caught up with the latest goss round ours.
2013 L. George Last Doctor she should ever Date v. 78 So, spill the goss. What's Dr Delicious like to work with?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
gossn.2
/ɡɒs/, U.S. /ɡɔs/, /ɡɑs/ slang.
A hat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > silk > types of
gossamer1836
goss1848
catskin1857
moloker1890
1848 Man in Moon Feb. 83 When you carry off a 26s. beaver be careful to leave a 4s. 9d. goss in its stead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
gossn.3
/ɡɒs/, U.S. /ɡɔs/, /ɡɑs/ slang.
to give, get goss: to give, receive punishment.
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society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)]
threac897
tighta1000
beswinkc1175
punisha1325
chastise1362
paina1375
justifya1393
wage1412
reformc1450
chasten1526
thwart over thumba1529
chastifyc1540
amerce?1577
follow1579
to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584
finea1616
mulcta1620
fita1625
vindicate1632
trounce1657
reward1714
tawse1790
sort1815
to let (a person) have it1823
visit1836
to catch or get Jesse1839
to give, get goss1840
to have ita1848
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
to give (one) snuff1890
soak1892
give1906
to weigh off1925
to tear down1938
zap1961
slap1968
society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment
shendc897
drinka1340
sufferc1380
to kiss the roda1586
to pay for——a1593
to give, get goss1840
to come in for it1841
to cop it1884
1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 29 July 2/4 Six victims to report this morning—..offences trivial—..Some of them got gos, and some got nothing.
1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 75 —Gin him goss without sweeten'—.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 146 To give a man goss, to requite for an injury, to beat, or kill him.
1914 A. A. Grace Tale of Timber Town xxxviii. 173 That's right, ole man. Give 'em goss.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Gossn.4
/ɡɒs/, U.S. /ɡɔs/, /ɡɑs/ Used attributively to designate a kind of armorial china originally manufactured by Goss.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > English porcelain
Worcester1802
Plymouth1816
New Hall1829
Broseley porcelain1845
Colebrook Dale1855
Crown Derby1855
Caughley porcelain1868
Derby1868
Plymouth1869
Lowestoft1875
Longton1885
frit-porcelain1889
Coalport1899
porcelain making1903
Goss1906
Longton Hall1925
Pinxton1928
1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art II. v. 224 The works of Mr. William Henry Goss were commenced in 1858 for the production of Parian, ivory-porcelain [etc.].
1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art II. v. 541 Goss's china and parian.]
1906 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 1/7 The Goss china and porcelain.
1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf ii. iii. 176 The jingling piano, the goss china, the gummed shells.
1936 G. Greene Gun for Sale iii. 105 Dark curtains and Gosse [sic] china.
1969 H. Sandon Brit. Pottery & Porcelain 112 The title Goss China is nowadays used to describe the huge quantities of holiday mementos, usually on a thin parian body, with the name and crest of the town on it, the shape often in the form of ancient Greek vessels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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