doss

present singular third person dosses · participle present dossing · participle past dossed · past dossed

1. IrelandUKintransitiveTo avoid work, shirk, etc.

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

2. AustraliaUKintransitiveslangTo sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.

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

   1 more example

   "You can doss on the floor.

   1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 169

plural dosses

1. IrelandUKcountableslanguncountableThe avoidance of work.

   I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

2. IrelandUKcountableslanguncountableAn easy piece of work.

   Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.

3. IrelandUKcountabledatedslanguncountableA place to sleep in; a bed.
4. IrelandUKbroadlycountabledatedslanguncountableSleep.

1. Scotlandnot comparableUseless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

   Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!

   1 more example

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

   1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 68

2. Scotlandnot comparableGood, desirable.

   The place is pure doss, like.

plural Dosses

1. A surname.

1. abbreviationuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of dioctyl sulfosuccinate/dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

1. pluralplural of DoS