Definition of floss
floss
- To strike a pose, profile. Origin, Money ain't a thing, by JayZ and Jermaine Dupree.
Look at Rahim, flossin' in his mom's Beamer.
- See more words with the same meaning: to show off.
Originally submitted by Natasha M. from New York, NY, USA on Nov 17 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- Looks flashy, rich, appears to have a lot of money.
Man dude is just flossin'.
Originally submitted by K. Johnson from Chicago, IL, USA on Dec 01 1998. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to pretend, to feign.
Why is my man over there flossing like he's a pimp?
- See more words with the same meaning: to pretend, feign, pose.
Originally submitted by Demetrius Scruggs from FL, USA on Dec 22 1997. (Edit this definition.)
verb - intransitive
- to show off.
Let's go flossing in the Lexus.
- See more words with the same meaning: to show off.
Originally submitted by Nicky B. from MI, USA on Jul 27 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- to relax; "chill"; "hang out".
We were just flossin' at her house.
- See more words with the same meaning: to hang out, relax.
Originally submitted by Mo M. from Warren, OH, USA on May 28 2002. (Edit this definition.)
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Slang terms with the same meaning
- to hang out, relax
- bang - Definitions include: an exclamation point.
- chill - Definitions include: great, awesome; "cool".
- chillax - Definitions include: to chill and relax; "hang out".
- chillaxx - Definitions include: alternate spelling of chillax, i.e. "chill" + "relax".
- cool - Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc.
- hang - Definitions include: to have sex-
- hang out - Definitions include: to spend time at a place, usually relaxing.
- ill - Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
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- to show off
- bling bling - Definitions include: high class.
- to pretend, feign, pose
- front - Definitions include: a cover-up, disguise, deception.
- gack - Definitions include: displeasing.
- kinderkid - Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not; FAKE, POSEUR, WANNA-BE.
- perp - Definitions include: "perpetrator" (i.e. person who committed a crime.) Police slang.
- popper - Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; "poseur"; "wannabe"; "fake".
- poseur - Definitions include: someone who pretends to be someone they're not, usually in dress and speech; WANNA-BE, FAKE. Origin: borrowed from the French word with the same spelling and definition. Generally (or originally) used to describe people posing as punks ("punk rockers") or skaters.
- pull a Nancy Drew - Definitions include: to fake something to escape a situation. Origin: from the fictional character Nancy Drew, who uses the same technique: feigning unconsciousness until her captor looses his grip, then running away. Notes: usually refers to faking an orgasm to get someone to stop having sex with you. Often simplified to "pull a Nancy."
- rice - Definitions include: a modified, imported Japanese car.
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