Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to doss
Participle: dossed
Gerund: dossing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | doss |
| you | doss |
| he;she;it | dosses |
| we | doss |
| you | doss |
| they | doss |
Perfect
| I | have dossed |
| you | have dossed |
| he;she;it | has dossed |
| we | have dossed |
| you | have dossed |
| they | have dossed |
Past
| I | dossed |
| you | dossed |
| he;she;it | dossed |
| we | dossed |
| you | dossed |
| they | dossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dossed |
| you | had dossed |
| he;she;it | had dossed |
| we | had dossed |
| you | had dossed |
| they | had dossed |
Future
| I | will doss |
| you | will doss |
| he;she;it | will doss |
| we | will doss |
| you | will doss |
| they | will doss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dossed |
| you | will have dossed |
| he;she;it | will have dossed |
| we | will have dossed |
| you | will have dossed |
| they | will have dossed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | doss |
| you | doss |
| he;she;it | doss |
| we | doss |
| you | doss |
| they | doss |
Perfect
| I | have dossed |
| you | have dossed |
| he;she;it | have dossed |
| we | have dossed |
| you | have dossed |
| they | have dossed |
Imperfect
| I | dossed |
| you | dossed |
| he;she;it | dossed |
| we | dossed |
| you | dossed |
| they | dossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dossed |
| you | had dossed |
| he;she;it | had dossed |
| we | had dossed |
| you | had dossed |
| they | had dossed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would doss |
| you | would doss |
| he;she;it | would doss |
| we | would doss |
| you | would doss |
| they | would doss |
Perfect
| I | would have dossed |
| you | would have dossed |
| he;she;it | would have dossed |
| we | would have dossed |
| you | would have dossed |
| they | would have dossed |
Imperative
| you | doss |
| we | Let's doss |
| you | doss |
Verbs conjugated like 'doss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'doss'
boss,
dass,
diss,
dose,
dross,
Joss,
loss,
moss,
oss,
poss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to avoid a duty or responsibility
- blow off, dog, duck, goldbrick, goof off, lollygag, malinger, procrastinate, shirk, slack off, soldier, swing the lead
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
Sample Sentences
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I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
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I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.
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"You can doss on the floor. [1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 169:]