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soss.

Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɒs/
  1. Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

verb/sɒs/
  1. To soil; to make dirty.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

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

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

Where this word comes from

Compare souse.

noun/sɒs/
  1. A lazy fellow.

    obsolete
  2. A heavy fall.

Where this word comes from

Compare souse.

noun/sɒs/
  1. A sausage (food product).

    slang
Where this word comes from

Phonetic spelling of a clipping of sausage

noun/sɒs/
  1. eye-dialect spelling of sauce

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Phonetic spelling of a clipping of sausage

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