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goss

goss noun: gossip. Also the obsolete form of gorse.

Noun (1)

goss (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Gossip.
    • The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife.
    • To give myself a break from the energy sapping, demoralising patrolling of this uninviting habitat, and to get away from any more creepy visions, I decided to drive into Mount Isa, ostensibly to be within phone range so I could contact Bob Forsyth and find out any local goss from him.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 285

Noun (2)

goss (plural gosses)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A hat.
    • He now states, as one of the miseries of being tall, his frequent collision with the shop blinds projecting over the footway, which endanger his head—or what is of more consequence to him, his hat. Some malicious people, on seeing him in full chase up Regent-street after his goss. (a la Pickwick)...1838, Actors by Daylight, volume 1, page 143

Proper noun capitalized: Goss

Goss

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. A village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States.

Also used as

goss is also the obsolete form of gorse.

Forms of goss

pluralgosses

Origin of goss

Clipping of gossip.

From gossamer.

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse. * As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).

Phrases with goss

Questions about goss

What does goss mean?
Goss means gossip.
What part of speech is goss?
Goss can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of goss?
The plural of goss is gosses.

Words near goss in the dictionary

  1. gospodins
  2. gosport
  3. Gosport tube
  4. Gosport tubes
  5. gosports
  6. goss
  7. Goss Moor
  8. Gossage
  9. Gossages
  10. gossamer
  11. gossamer spider

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