doss

doss
I UK [dɒs] / US [dɑs] verb [intransitive]
Word forms "doss":
present tense I/you/we/they doss he/she/it dosses present participle dossing past tense dossed past participle dossed
1) doss or doss about/around to spend time doing nothing

We spent the day dossing at home.

2) doss or doss down
British informal to spend the night somewhere where you do not normally sleep, especially on a chair or the floor

Can we doss at your house?


II UK [dɒs] / US [dɑs] noun [countable]
Word forms "doss":
singular doss plural dosses British informal
a job that is very easy to do

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