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doss
verb [I usually + adv/prep] /dɒs/
/dɑːs/ UK slangDefinition
› to sleep outside or in an empty building because you have no home and no money: She was dossing in doorways until the police picked her up. → See also dosshouseHomelessnessSleep and sleeping › (also doss down) to sleep somewhere without a bed: Can I doss down at your house tonight, after the party?HomelessnessSleep and sleeping
(Definition of doss verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bye-byes noun
- catch/cop/get some z's idiom
- comatose adjective
- doze off phrasal verb
- drift off phrasal verb
- flake out phrasal verb
- kip noun
- kip verb
- oversleep verb
- power nap noun
- retire verb (LEAVE A PLACE)
- shuteye noun
- sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
- sleep over phrasal verb
- sleep verb
- slept verb
- snooze verb
- somnambulism noun
- sound adverb, adjective
- soundly adverb (SLEEP)
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