different between doss vs dors

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /d?s/
• Rhymes: -?s, -??s

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).

Verb

doss (third-person singular simple present dosses, present participle dossing, simple past and past participle dossed)

1. (intransitive, Britain and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.

2. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless

Noun

doss (countable and uncountable, plural dosses)

1. (slang, Britain and Ireland) The avoidance of work.

2. (slang, Britain and Ireland) An easy piece of work.

3. (slang, dated, Britain and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
4. (slang, dated, Britain and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.

Adjective

doss (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

2. (Scotland) Good, desirable.

See also

• doss about
• doss around
• doss down
• doss-house
• doss off
• dosser

Anagrams

• DSOs, SDOs, dsos, sods

English

Noun

dors

1. plural of dor

Anagrams

• DROs, ODRs, OSRD, ords, rods, sord

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?rs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch dorst, from Middle Dutch dorst, from Old Dutch thurst, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.

Noun

dors (plural dorste)

1. thirst

Derived terms

• dorstig

Adjective

dors (attributive dors, not comparable)

1. thirsty

Etymology 2

From Dutch dorsten, from Middle Dutch dorsten, from Old Dutch thursten.

Verb

dors (present dors, present participle dorstende, past participle gedors)

1. (intransitive) to thirst [+ na (after)]

Etymology 3

From Dutch dorsen, from Middle Dutch derschen, dorschen, from Old Dutch *threscan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskan?.

Verb

dors (present dors, present participle dorsende, past participle gedors)

1. (transitive) to thresh

Derived terms

• dorsvloer

Catalan

Alternative forms

• dos (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin dorsum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?dos/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?do?s/

Noun

dors m (plural dorsos)

1. (anatomy) back

   Synonym: esquena

2. backside, reverse

Related terms

Further reading

• “dors” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dors” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dors” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dors” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?rs/
• Hyphenation: dors
• Rhymes: -?rs

Etymology 1

From dorsen.

Noun

dors m (plural dorsen)

1. threshing floor, usually in a barn

   Synonym: dorsvloer

2. (dialectal) a barn or shed where agricultural equipment is stored

Alternative forms

• dars (dialectal)
• dorsch (obsolete)

See also

• dorsschuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dors

1. first-person singular present indicative of dorsen
2. imperative of dorsen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

dors

1. first-person singular present indicative of dormir
2. second-person singular present indicative of dormir
3. second-person singular imperative of dormir