soss

plural sosses · alternative suss

1. UKdialectalAnything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

present singular third person sosses · participle present sossing · participle past sossed · past sossed · alternative suss

1. UKdialectalTo soil; to make dirty.

   Synonyms: beclart, elt, stain, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood)

present singular third person sosses · participle present sossing · participle past sossed · past sossed

1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.

   sossing in an easy chair

   1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.

   the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way

   May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24

plural sosses

1. obsoleteA lazy fellow.
2. A heavy fall.

   wi a soss aboon the claiths Ilk ane their gifts down flang

   1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven

plural sosses

1. slangA sausage (food product).

   "Where's Bozz? He never misses a soss sizzle."

   2012, Carl Leckey, The Very, Very, Last Moa, page 28

plural sosses

1. countablerareuncountableeye-dialect spelling of sauce

1. A surname.