doss
verb /dɒs/
/dɑːs/
(British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they doss | /dɒs/ /dɑːs/ |
| he / she / it dosses | /ˈdɒsɪz/ /ˈdɑːsɪz/ |
| past simple dossed | /dɒst/ /dɑːst/ |
| past participle dossed | /dɒst/ /dɑːst/ |
| -ing form dossing | /ˈdɒsɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] doss (down) to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere uncomfortable or without a real bed
- You can doss down on my floor.
- [intransitive] doss (about/around) to spend your time not doing very much
- We were just dossing about in lessons today.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: perhaps based on Latin dorsum ‘back’.