doss

(dŏs) Chiefly British Slang

1. Sleep; rest.

2. A crude or makeshift bed.

intr.v. dossed, doss·ing, doss·es

To go to bed, especially in a crude or makeshift bed; sleep.

[Perhaps alteration of dorse, back, from Latin dorsum.]

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doss

(dɒs)

1. (often foll by: down) to sleep, esp in a dosshouse

2. (often foll by: around) to pass time aimlessly

3. (Furniture) a bed, esp in a dosshouse

4. a slang word for sleep

5. (Social Welfare) short for dosshouse

6. a task or pastime requiring little effort: making a film is a bit of a doss.

[C18: of uncertain origin]

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doss

(dɒs)
Brit. n.

1. a bed in a doss house.

2. an improvised bed.

v.i.

3. to sleep in any convenient place.

[1775–85; orig. obscure]

doss′er, n.

doss

Past participle: dossed
Gerund: dossing

Imperative
doss
doss

Present
I doss
you doss
he/she/it dosses
we doss
you doss
they doss

Preterite
I dossed
you dossed
he/she/it dossed
we dossed
you dossed
they dossed

Present Continuous
I am dossing
you are dossing
he/she/it is dossing
we are dossing
you are dossing
they are dossing

Present Perfect
I have dossed
you have dossed
he/she/it has dossed
we have dossed
you have dossed
they have dossed

Past Continuous
I was dossing
you were dossing
he/she/it was dossing
we were dossing
you were dossing
they were dossing

Past Perfect
I had dossed
you had dossed
he/she/it had dossed
we had dossed
you had dossed
they had dossed

Future
I will doss
you will doss
he/she/it will doss
we will doss
you will doss
they will doss

Future Perfect
I will have dossed
you will have dossed
he/she/it will have dossed
we will have dossed
you will have dossed
they will have dossed

Future Continuous
I will be dossing
you will be dossing
he/she/it will be dossing
we will be dossing
you will be dossing
they will be dossing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dossing
you have been dossing
he/she/it has been dossing
we have been dossing
you have been dossing
they have been dossing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dossing
you will have been dossing
he/she/it will have been dossing
we will have been dossing
you will have been dossing
they will have been dossing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dossing
you had been dossing
he/she/it had been dossing
we had been dossing
you had been dossing
they had been dossing

Conditional
I would doss
you would doss
he/she/it would doss
we would doss
you would doss
they would doss

Past Conditional
I would have dossed
you would have dossed
he/she/it would have dossed
we would have dossed
you would have dossed
they would have dossed

Translations

doss

[dɒs] (Brit)

A. N

2. (= easy task) he thought the course would be a doss → pensó que el curso sería pan comido

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doss

[ˈdɒs] vi (British) (= sleep) → pioncer

doss down

vi (British) (= sleep) → pioncer

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doss

[dɒs] vi to doss (down) (fam) → sistemarsi (per la notte)