Definition of doss

doss

noun

• something that's easy. See also dossy. British.

  The exam was a doss.

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: easy, simple.

  Last edited on Jun 04 2010. Submitted by Kozloff from New York, NY, USA on Jun 28 1997.

verb

• to lie around; do nothing. Origin: British.
  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: to waste time.

  Last edited on Jun 17 2003. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
knackered	Definitions include: extremely tired.
Alexandra Burke	Definitions include: a day off from work.
Yank	Definitions include: A synonym for American, often used in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
face like a workman's bench	Definitions include: British.
toffee-nosed	Definitions include: wealthy, upper-class.
clinkers	Definitions include: dried feces attached to the hairs of the buttocks; "dingleberry".
GROLIES	Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
gobbling rods	Definitions include: British Military slang for a knife, fork and spoon.
bum chum	Definitions include: a male homosexual's sexual partner.
muppet	Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person.
geezer	Definitions include: in American English: an irascible old male person.
wedge	Definitions include: money.
Bodgie	Definitions include: A member of a youth subculture which flourished in New Zealand and Australia in the 1950s. Long hair, stovepipe jeans, crepe soled shoes. Similar to British teddy boys
dust	Definitions include: to leave.
char	Definitions include: tea.
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Other terms relating to 'easy, simple':
easy-peasy	Definitions include: very easy.
cinch	Definitions include: an easy task.
unf*ckupable	Definitions include: something that cannot be fucked up.
rinky-dink	Definitions include: easy or unchallenging.
easy as pie	Definitions include: very easy.
gimme	Definitions include: a contraction for "give me".
cinchy	Definitions include: being "a cinch", i.e. easy.
cake walk	Definitions include: something easy.
cake	Definitions include: displeasing.
easy peasy, lemon squeezy	Definitions include: interjection indicating something will be easy.
gravy	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
dossy	Definitions include: easy.
low-hanging fruit	Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions.
piece of cake	Definitions include: something easy.
automagically	Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical.
Other terms relating to 'to waste time':
time sink	Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time.
mess around	Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around".
piss-fart	Definitions include: to waste time; "dawdle".
f*ck the duck	Definitions include: to waste time or do something of non-importance.
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
boondoggle	Definitions include: a waste of time and/or money.
d*ck the dog	Definitions include: to engage in an unproductive activity; waste time.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
spank the monkey	Definitions include: to masturbate.
bugger about	Definitions include: to waste time.
fool around	Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around".
piss for sh*ts and giggles	Definitions include: to waste one's time.
fess	Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.
circle jerk	Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact.
f*ck the dog	Definitions include: to do nothing of value.
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dysurveillance	Definitions include: unlawful or dystopian surveillance
take a leak	Definitions include: to urinate.
cheetle	Definitions include: orange cheese-like residue remaining on fingers after eating a substantial amount of Cheetos.
cooch	Definitions include: the female genitalia.
k-rad	Definitions include: very rad.
go down the tubes	Definitions include: to fail.
Outside the wire	Definitions include: Outside the wire
jimmy-john	Definitions include: any object.
postie	Definitions include: a mailman.
speration	Definitions include: A hope or an expectation or an await

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