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doss1 verbdoss2 noun dossdoss1 /dɒs $ dɑːs/ verb [intransitive] British English informal doss1Origin: 1700-1800 doss ‘a (place to) sleep’ (18-20 centuries), probably from French dos ‘back’, from the idea of lying on your back VERB TABLEdoss |
Present | I, you, we, they | doss | | he, she, it | dosses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dossed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dossed | | he, she, it | has dossed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dossed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will doss | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dossed |
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Present | I | am dossing | | he, she, it | is dossing | | you, we, they | are dossing | Past | I, he, she, it | was dossing | | you, we, they | were dossing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dossing | | he, she, it | has been dossing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dossing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dossing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dossing |
- The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.
- You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor.
- He lets you doss on the floor of his bedroom.
- He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.
- Here he was a punter, a champagne Charlie, dossing with the underclass.
- I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.
- Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath.
- She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.
to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep► sleep over to sleep for one night at someone else's house: · Are your friends sleeping over tonight?sleep over at: · Is it okay if I sleep over at Sam's house tomorrow night? ► crash also crash out informal to sleep the night in a place you do not normally sleep, for example at a friend's house or on the floor of someone's room: · You can crash out at my place if you like.· Would you mind if I crashed on your couch? ► doss British informal to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep, especially not on a proper bed: · The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.doss down: · You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor. ADVERB► down· She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.· I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.· He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.· Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath. (also doss down) to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place, or not a real bed: I dossed down on the couch downstairs.doss around/about phrasal verb to spend your time in a lazy way, doing very little: We just dossed around all day Saturday.doss1 verbdoss2 noun dossdoss2 noun British English informal doss2Origin: 1800-1900 doss ‘a sleep’ ( ➔ DOSS1), from the idea of something you could do in your sleep a doss work that does not need much effort: This job’s a real doss. |