What does dosser mean in slang?

noun. plural dossers. Britannica Dictionary definition of DOSSER. [count] British, informal + often disapproving. : a person who does not have a home to sleep in : a homeless person.

What does dossing mean in slang?

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. dosshouse UK slang. (also doss down)

What is a synonym for dosser?

synonyms: street person . type of: bum, hobo, tramp.

What is the origin of the word doss?

Word History and Origins Origin of doss 1 . First recorded in 1775–85; origin obscure; perhaps from French dos, from Latin dorsum, dossum “back, ridge”

What does it mean to YEET?

verb. yeeted; yeeting; yeets. transitive verb. : to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown .

What is a doser person?

British, informal + often disparaging : a homeless person .

What does BUJ mean in slang?

Noun. buj (uncountable) Alternative spelling of bujj (“ heroin ”)

(US, politics, slang, derogatory) Initialism of Bush Derangement Syndrome .

What does Roofied mean in text?

'Being roofied' is a slang term that describes someone being raped or sexually assaulted after being spiked with drugs . The word 'roofied' comes from 'roofies', the slang name for the drug Rohypnol.

What do you call junkies?

Person Who Uses Drugs Heavily Addict, burnout, dopehead, doper, druggie, fiend, hophead, junkie, stoner, user, zombie.

What is the slang word for throwing?

Some common synonyms of throw are cast, fling, hurl, pitch, sling, and toss .

What is the technical term for being stoned?

high . adjectiveas in intoxicated, drugged. delirious. doped.

What is the etymology of Nincompoops?

Nincompoop has a history as unusual as its meaning. One hypothesis includes connections to the Latin phrase non compos (mentis), meaning “not of sound (mind).” Alternatively, nincompoop could simply be an elaboration based on ninny, which may come from innocent. Nincompoop was first recorded in English in the 1670s.

What is the root word for salute?

From the Latin salus, salutis , salute (a feminine noun) means principally health and safety, but also well-being, harmony, and general wholeness.

dosser - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Etymology 1
  - 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.3 Etymology 2
  - 1.3.1 Alternative forms
  - 1.3.2 Noun
- 1.4 Anagrams

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

doss +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

dosser (plural dossers)

Etymology 2[edit]

Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”). See dorsal.

Alternative forms[edit]

dorsel, dorser

Noun[edit]

dosser (plural dossers)

A pannier or basket.
- 1626 February 13 (licensing date), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies[…], London: […] Humphrey Robinson,[…], and for Humphrey Moseley[…], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:
  To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.
A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dosser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)