Dictionary

soss en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /sɒs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

Forms

soss en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /sɒs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) To soil; to make dirty.

Forms

Deriveds

cesspool · sossle · sozzle

Synonyms

stain · soss · dirty · gunk up · defile · foul · slur · tarnish · darken · bedirty · beshit · blot · gunk · smutch · bedaub · blacken · begrime · elt · beclart · besmirch · assoil · elt · smut · befile · smirch · bewray · scunge · sowl · besmear · file · sullow · smudge · blur · besully · sling mud · soil · sully · slotter · smear · befilth · contaminate · bedizen · uggle · dirten · clat · beray · beclart · spot · befoul · inquinate · stain · foil · imbrue (especially with blood)

soss en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /sɒs/

Etymology

Compare souse.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A lazy fellow.
2. A heavy fall.
   • wi a soss aboon the claiths Ilk ane their gifts down flang 1828, William Carr, The Dialect of Craven:

Forms

soss en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /sɒs/

Etymology

Compare souse.

Meanings

1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
   • sossing in an easy chair 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park:
2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
   • the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24

Forms

soss en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /sɒs/

Etymology

Phonetic spelling of a clipping of sausage

Meanings

1. (countable, rare, uncountable) eye-dialect spelling of sauce
2. (slang) A sausage (food product).
   • "Where's Bozz? He never misses a soss sizzle." 2012, Carl Leckey, The Very, Very, Last Moa, page 28:

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