English Explanatory Dictionary

soss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
verb
  1. To soil; to make dirty.
verb
  1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
  2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
noun
  1. A lazy fellow.
  2. A heavy fall.
noun
  1. A sausage (food product).
noun
  1. eye-dialect spelling of sauce
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/sɒs/

Word forms

soss sosses suss sossing sossed

Etymology

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

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

Derived words

cesspool sossle sozzle
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