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DOSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doss mean?
• DOSS (verb)
The verb DOSS has 1 sense:
1. sleep in a convenient place
Familiarity information: DOSS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they doss ... he / she / it dosses
Past simple: dossed
Past participle: dossed
-ing form: dossing
Past simple: dossed
Past participle: dossed
-ing form: dossing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sleep in a convenient place
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
Context example:
You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable
Hypernyms (to "doss" is one way to...):
bed down; bunk down (go to bed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
dosser (someone who sleeps in any convenient place)
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