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poss

UK/ˈpɒs/US/ˈpɑs/

poss is the alternative form of poss..

Verb

poss (third-person singular simple present posses, present participle possing, simple past and past participle possed)

  1. (archaic) To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To push; to dash; to throw.
    • Piers Plowman
      A cat […] possed them [the rats] about.

Noun (1)

poss (plural posses)

  1. (Internet, slang) An opossum.

Noun (2) capitalized: POSs

POSs

  1. (plural) plural of POS

Noun (3) capitalized: PoSs

PoSs

  1. (plural) plural of PoS

Forms of poss

Verb
third-person singular presentposses
present participlepossing
past participlepossed
pastpossed
Noun
pluralposses

Origin of poss

Clipping of opossum.

Words that rhyme with poss

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Questions about poss

What does poss mean?
Poss means to mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.
What is poss the alternative form of?
Poss is the alternative form of poss..
What part of speech is poss?
Poss can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce poss?
Poss is pronounced /ˈpɒs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of poss?
The past tense of poss is possed.

Words near poss in the dictionary

  1. pospivirus
  2. pospiviruses
  3. pospolite
  4. pospolites
  5. posqim
  6. poss
  7. poss.
  8. possa
  9. posse
  10. posse comitatus
  11. possed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poss (page history and authors); POSs (page history and authors); PoSs (page history and authors). 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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