gozz

present singular third person gozzes · participle present gozzing · participle past gozzed · past gozzed

1. UKto spit

   One of them gozzed at him, which was a thing you'd see at a gig back then. Disgusting I know, but that's the way it was.

   2014, Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of it All, Random House, →ISBN, page 119

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   He had had the privilege of being gozzed on by Johnny Rotten. A night to treasure. He hadn't washed for three days after.

   2013, Nick Oldham, Bad Tidings, Severn House Publishers, →ISBN, page 164

   Unfortunately it quite often sidelined any democratic processes and became an integral part of the general mayhem as some unfortunate misfit of the moment was held down and gozzed on.

   2018, Roger Smith, Tell Me Why, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 120