different between joss vs hoss

English

Etymology

From Chinese Pidgin English joss, from Macau Pidgin Portuguese, from Portuguese deus (“god”), from Latin deus (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god/that which belongs to heaven”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s/

Noun

joss (countable and uncountable, plural josses)

1. (countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
2. (countable) A heathen divinity.
3. (uncountable, informal) Luck.

Synonyms

• (luck): chance, fortune; see also Thesaurus:luck

Derived terms

• joss stick
• joss paper
• joss house

References

Finnish

Conjunction

joss

1. (logic) iff

See also

• jos ja vain jos

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis