different between hoss vs soss

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• suss

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (Britain, dialect) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. (Britain, dialect) To soil; to make dirty.

Etymology 2

Compare souse.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
   • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

     sossing in an easy chair

2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
   • May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24

     the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (obsolete) A lazy fellow.
2. A heavy fall.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• OSS's, OSSs, SSOs

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sus. Cognate with German sonst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zos/
  • Rhymes: -os

Adverb

soss

1. otherwise
2. usually
3. elsewhere

Conjunction

soss

1. otherwise, or else

   Du muss dech fläissen, soss verpass du den Zuch.

   You must hurry up, or else you will miss the train.