flosser

floss

 (flôs, flŏs)

n.

1. Dental floss.

2. Short or waste silk fibers, especially from the outer surface of the cocoon of a silkworm.

3. Soft, loosely twisted thread, as of silk or cotton, used in embroidery.

4. A downy or silky fibrous substance, such as corn silk or silk cotton.

v. flossed, floss·ing, floss·es

v.tr.

To clean between (teeth) with dental floss.

v.intr.

To use dental floss.

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[Perhaps alteration of French floche, tuft of wool, from Old French floc, floche, from Latin floccus.]

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floss′er n.

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flosser

(ˈflɒsə)

n

an implement which flosses the teeth or facilitates flossinga person who catches fish illegally using a hook baited with a piece of brightly coloured string attached to a weight. The weight drags the string through the fish's mouth until the hook pierces the mouth from the outside

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