doss

Verb

doss (third-person singular simple present dosses, present participle dossing, simple past and past participle dossed)

1. (Ireland, UK, intransitive) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
   • I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
2. (Australia, UK, intransitive, slang) To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.
   • I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.
   • "You can doss on the floor.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 169

Noun (1)

doss (countable and uncountable, plural dosses)

1. (Ireland, UK, slang) The avoidance of work.
   • I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
2. (Ireland, UK, slang) An easy piece of work.
   • Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
3. (Ireland, UK, dated, slang) A place to sleep in; a bed.
4. (Ireland, UK, broadly, dated, slang) Sleep.

Adjective

doss (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
   • Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!
   • Convinced it's no bullshit, the doss cunt dismisses the session. Ah walk tae freedom; perr auld Spud gits taken doon.1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 68
2. (Scotland) Good, desirable.
   • The place is pure doss, like.

Noun (2) capitalized: DOSS

DOSS (uncountable)

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of dioctyl sulfosuccinate/dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

Noun (3) capitalized: DoSs

DoSs

1. (plural) plural of DoS

Proper noun capitalized: Doss

IPA/bɔs/

Doss (plural Dosses)

1. A surname.