different between hols vs hoss

English

Etymology

Shortened from holidays.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lz

Noun

hols pl (plural only)

1. (Britain, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
   • 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 1,

     "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.

   Where are you off to on your hols this year?

Anagrams

• Lohs, Losh, Sohl, losh

Middle English

Noun

hols

1. Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)

English

Alternative forms

• hawss

Etymology

Variant of horse.See also 'oss in English dialects with H-dropping.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /h??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

hoss (countable and uncountable, plural hosses)

1. (Southern US, slang) Pronunciation spelling of horse.
2. (Southern US, slang) A big, strong and respected or dependable person, usually a man; one who is large like a horse.
3. (Southern US, slang, often capitalized) Term of address for a man.

   What's up, hoss?

4. (Northwestern US, slang) A car.

Synonyms

• (man): dude, man, brother, guy, chap, comrade, bub

Derived terms

• one-hoss shay

Anagrams

• Sohs, shos, sohs, sosh

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

hoss

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

hoss

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis