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- DictionaryDoss/däs/
verb
- 1. sleep (in rough or inexpensive accommodations): "he dossed down on a friend's floor"
noun
- 1. an instance of sleeping in rough accommodations.
The meaning of DOSS is to sleep or bed down in a convenient place —usually used with down.
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a doss. an activity that is easy or does not need hard work: The work itself was a bit of a doss, to be honest. The irony is he chose the course because he thought it would be a doss. It was a total doss - I only had three seminars a week and two assignments a term.
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house. sleep: I had some great doss last night, and I'm feeling pretty good today. verb (used without object) to sleep or lie down in any convenient place: We dossed in the park last night, but it started to rain in the early morning. doss. / dɒs / verb.
1. (intransitive; often foll by down) to sleep, esp in a dosshouse. 2. (intransitive; often foll by around) to pass time aimlessly. noun. 3. a bed, esp in a dosshouse. 4. a slang word for sleep. 5. short for dosshouse.
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Definition of doss verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (often foll by: down) to sleep, esp in a dosshouse. 2. (often foll by: around) to pass time aimlessly. n. 3. (Furniture) a bed, esp in a dosshouse. 4. a slang word for sleep. 5. (Social Welfare) short for dosshouse. 6. a task or pastime requiring little effort: making a film is a bit of a doss.
