name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
soss
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Pronunciation
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/sɒs/
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CMU ARPABET: S AO1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A lazy fellow.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A heavy fall.
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noun
Meaning 5
A sausage (food product).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 6
eye-dialect spelling of sauce
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Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
To soil; to make dirty.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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Synonyms: beclart, elt, stain, assoil, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, befoul, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, file, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle
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verb
Meaning 8
To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
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verb
Meaning 9
To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
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History
Etymology
From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.
Compare souse.
Phonetic spelling of a clipping of sausage