Meaning

(intransitive, British and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, British and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
2. (intransitive, British, Australia, slang) To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.
3. (slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
4. (slang, British and Ireland) An easy piece of work.
5. (slang, dated, British and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
6. (slang, dated, British and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.
7. (Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
8. (Scotland) Good, desirable.

Example Sentences

I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.

I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.

"You can doss on the floor.

I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.

Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!

Convinced it's no bullshit, the doss cunt dismisses the session. Ah walk tae freedom; perr auld Spud gits taken doon.

The place is pure doss, like.

Word Forms

• dosses
• dossing
• dossed

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When Should You Use Doss?

Use doss when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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