flosser


floss

F0197800 (flôs, flŏs)n.1. Dental floss.2. Short or waste silk fibers, especially from the outer surface of the cocoon of a silkworm.3. Soft, loosely twisted thread, as of silk or cotton, used in embroidery.4. A downy or silky fibrous substance, such as corn silk or silk cotton.v. flossed, floss·ing, floss·es v.tr. To clean between (teeth) with dental floss.v.intr. To use dental floss.
[Perhaps alteration of French floche, tuft of wool, from Old French floc, floche, from Latin floccus.]
floss′er n.

flosser

(ˈflɒsə) nan implement which flosses the teeth or facilitates flossinga person who catches fish illegally using a hook baited with a piece of brightly coloured string attached to a weight. The weight drags the string through the fish's mouth until the hook pierces the mouth from the outside