oss
UK/ɒs/
oss verb: to set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something). Also the alternative spelling of 'oss.
Verb
oss
- To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).
- JENNET. [...] Soa yee see Ise ossin towart hausekeepin. SARAH. Whya nowt but weel. Wees nit hev the weddin an kirsenin at yaa time, that's a cumfort. JENNET. Hed Sammy ivver offerd onny thing that's mismannerd to me, awr courtship wod sean hae[…]1840, Ann Coward Wheeler, The Westmoreland Dialect in Four Familiar Dialogues: In which an Attempt is Made to Illustrate the Provincial Idiom, page 64
- "Dun you know if the glasses is ossing to sattle?"1872, Notes and Queries, page 492
- To offer (to do something).
- an' nobody ossin' to do it1870, Axon, Black Kt., page 56, quoted in the EDD
- They owe fer cannels, an' meyle, an' nivver oss to pay.1875, Bickerdike, Beacon Alm., page 41, quoted in the EDD
Noun (1) capitalized: OSS
OSS (countable and uncountable, plural OSSes or OSS's or OSSs)
- Initialism of open-source software.
- Initialism of out-of-school suspension.
- Initialism of operations/operational support system.
- Initialism of over-the-shoulder shot.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: OSS
OSS
- Initialism of Office of Strategic Services (a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II).
Noun (2) capitalized: OSs
OSs
- plural of OS
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Oss
Oss
- A city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
Also used as
oss is also the alternative spelling of 'oss.
oss meaning in Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati and Nepali
oss in Telugu
- ఒఎస్ఎస్
oss in Punjabi
- ਓ. ਐੱਸ. ਐੱਸ
oss in Gujarati
- ઓ. એસ. એસ
oss in Nepali
- ओएसएसलाई
Examples of oss in a sentence
- Eh, Mary, w'ereta for? / O'm ossin' t' goo t' Eccles1876, Richard Morris, On the Survival of Early English Words in Our Present Dialects, page 60:
- I told you to do so and so, but you dunna oss to do it.1903, Bye-gones: Relating to Wales and the Border Counties, page 136:
- ... but he didn't oss for t' goo any ner.2024 August 1, Deborah Mutch, British Socialist Fiction, 1884-1914, Volume 3, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
Forms of oss
| plural | osses |
|---|---|
| plural | OSSes |
| plural | OSS's |
| plural | OSSs |
Origin of oss
Unclear. Middle English ōssen had a rather different meaning, "to reveal, to prophesy", but the OED suggests it could nonetheless be the same verb. The origin of the Middle English verb is itself obscure, but it may be a variant of halsen, from Old English hālsian, although this too had a rather different meaning, "to beseech, entreat; to exorcise; to imprecate".
Borrowed from Dutch Oss.
Questions about oss
- What does oss mean?
- Oss means to set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).
- What is oss in Telugu?
- Oss in Telugu is ఒఎస్ఎస్. See Oss meaning in Telugu.
- How do you use oss in a sentence?
- Eh, Mary, w'ereta for? / O'm ossin' t' goo t' Eccles
- What part of speech is oss?
- Oss can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce oss?
- Oss is pronounced /ɒs/ (UK).
Words near oss in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oss (page history and authors); OSS (page history and authors); OSs (page history and authors); Oss (page history and authors); oss (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oss (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oss (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oss (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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