pross
/ˈpɹɒs/
pross noun: a prostitute.
Noun
pross (plural prosses)
- A prostitute.
- All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses.2015, David Smith, Who Invited the Band?, page 84
Verb
pross (third-person singular simple present prosses, present participle prossing, simple past and past participle prossed)
- To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
- He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […]
Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills.1896, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 14, page 231
- He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […]
Proper noun capitalized: Pross
Pross (plural Prosses)
- A surname from German.
Forms of pross
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prosses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prosses |
| present participle | prossing |
| past participle | prossed |
| past | prossed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Prosses |
Origin of pross
Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).
Borrowed from German Pross.
Words formed from pross
Questions about pross
- What does pross mean?
- Pross means a prostitute.
- What part of speech is pross?
- Pross can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pross?
- Pross is pronounced /ˈpɹɒs/.
- What is the plural of pross?
- The plural of pross is prosses.
Words near pross in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pross (page history and authors); Pross (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “pross.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pross. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.