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doss
doss D0349200 (dŏs) Chiefly British Slang n.1. Sleep; rest.2. A crude or makeshift bed.intr.v. dossed, doss·ing, doss·es To go to bed, especially in a crude or makeshift bed; sleep. [Perhaps alteration of dorse, back, from Latin dorsum.]doss (dɒs) vb1. (often foll by: down) to sleep, esp in a dosshouse2. (often foll by: around) to pass time aimlesslyn3. (Furniture) a bed, esp in a dosshouse4. a slang word for sleep5. (Social Welfare) short for dosshouse6. a task or pastime requiring little effort: making a film is a bit of a doss. [C18: of uncertain origin]doss (dɒs) Brit. n. 1. a bed in a doss house. 2. an improvised bed. v.i. 3. to sleep in any convenient place. [1775–85; orig. obscure] doss′er, n. doss Past participle: dossed Gerund: dossing
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I doss | you doss | he/she/it dosses | we doss | you doss | they doss |
Preterite |
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I dossed | you dossed | he/she/it dossed | we dossed | you dossed | they dossed |
Present Continuous |
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I am dossing | you are dossing | he/she/it is dossing | we are dossing | you are dossing | they are dossing |
Present Perfect |
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I have dossed | you have dossed | he/she/it has dossed | we have dossed | you have dossed | they have dossed |
Past Continuous |
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I was dossing | you were dossing | he/she/it was dossing | we were dossing | you were dossing | they were dossing |
Past Perfect |
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I had dossed | you had dossed | he/she/it had dossed | we had dossed | you had dossed | they had dossed |
Future |
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I will doss | you will doss | he/she/it will doss | we will doss | you will doss | they will doss |
Future Perfect |
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I will have dossed | you will have dossed | he/she/it will have dossed | we will have dossed | you will have dossed | they will have dossed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be dossing | you will be dossing | he/she/it will be dossing | we will be dossing | you will be dossing | they will be dossing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been dossing | you have been dossing | he/she/it has been dossing | we have been dossing | you have been dossing | they have been dossing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been dossing | you will have been dossing | he/she/it will have been dossing | we will have been dossing | you will have been dossing | they will have been dossing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been dossing | you had been dossing | he/she/it had been dossing | we had been dossing | you had been dossing | they had been dossing |
Conditional |
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I would doss | you would doss | he/she/it would doss | we would doss | you would doss | they would doss |
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I would have dossed | you would have dossed | he/she/it would have dossed | we would have dossed | you would have dossed | they would have dossed | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | doss - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"doss down, crashbed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight" | Translationsdormire su una branda terradoss
doss aboutTo waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames.See also: dossdoss aroundTo waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames.See also: around, dossdoss downslang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down in the middle of the living room.See also: doss, downdoss down for (some period of time)slang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down for an hour in the middle of the living room.See also: doss, down, of, perioddoss down (for some time)Sl. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. It's midnight: time to doss down.See also: doss, downdoss down (for some time) in. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. See also: doss, down, timedoss down verbSee doss down for some timeSee also: doss, downDOSS
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DOSS➣Department of Safety and Security (various schools) | DOSS➣Department of Student Services (various schools) | DOSS➣Directorate of Social Services (Anglican Church of Kenya) | DOSS➣Division of Senior Services (various locations) | DOSS➣Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate | DOSS➣Dedicated Office Systems and Services | DOSS➣Danish Open Source Society | DOSS➣DSCS Operational Support System | DOSS➣Deterministic Origin Symbol Sequence | DOSS➣Disk Operated Supply System | DOSS➣Director of Safety and Standardization (US Navy and USMC) |
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Synonyms for dossverb sleep in a convenient placeSynonymsRelated Words |