doss v : sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss down, crash]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒs

Verb

1. In the context of "UK|and|Ireland": To avoid work, shirk, etc.

   I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.

2. In the context of "UK|slang": To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless

   I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.

Noun

1. Work avoidance.

   I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

2. Easy piece of work

   Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss

See also

• doss down
• doss-house
• doss off
• dosser

Doss can refer to:

• Education
  • For information on "doss subjects", see Mickey Mouse degrees.
• People
  • Bill Doss, musician
  • Daniel Doss, criminal mastermind
  • Desmond Doss, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Mike Doss, American football player
  • Nannie Doss, serial murderer
• Places
  • Doss, Missouri
  • Doss, Texas

See also

• Dos

assembly-line housing, beauty sleep, bed, beddy-bye, bedstead, bedtime, billeting, blanket drill, bunk, bye-bye, couch, domiciliation, doze, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, get some shut-eye, gurney, hibernation, hospitality, housing, housing bill, housing development, housing problem, kip, land of Nod, light sleep, litter, living quarters, lodging, lodgment, lower-income housing, pound the ear, quartering, repose, shut-eye, silken repose, sleep, sleepland, sleepwalking, slum clearance, slumber, slumberland, snooze, snoozle, sofa, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, stretcher, subdivision, take forty winks, the hay, the sack, tract, transient lodging, unconsciousness, urban renewal, winter sleep