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doss  (ds) Chiefly British Slang

n.

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.

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

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doss [dɒs] Brit slang

vb

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

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

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a bed, esp in a dosshouse

2. a slang word for sleep

3. (Social Welfare) short for dosshouse

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

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

doss - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" doss down, crash bed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"

Translations

doss [dɒs] (Brit)

A. N

1. (= bed) → camastro m; (= sleep) → sueño m

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

B. VI

1. (also doss down) (= sleep) → echarse a dormir

2. (= laze) to doss around → gandulear, no hacer nada

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

doss down

vi (British) (= sleep) → pioncer

doss (Brit inf)

n → Schlafplatz m, → Bleibe f (inf)

vi (also doss down) → pennen (inf), → sich hinhauen (inf); to doss down for the night → sich für die Nacht einquartieren (inf)

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