doss — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To avoid work, shirk, etc.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • Intransitive

   Examples

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

2. To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • UK usage
   • Intransitive
   • Slang

   Examples

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

   "You can doss on the floor.

Noun

1. The avoidance of work.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • Countable
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

2. An easy piece of work.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • Countable
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.

3. A place to sleep in; a bed.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • Countable
   • Dated
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

4. Sleep.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • broadly
   • Countable
   • Dated
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

Adjective

1. Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!

   Convinced it's no bullshit, the doss cunt dismisses the session. Ah walk tae freedom; perr auld Spud gits taken doon.

2. Good, desirable.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   The place is pure doss, like.

Verb

1. sleep in a convenient place

   Synonyms

   doss downcrash

   Broader terms

   bed downbunk down

   Examples

   You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable