different between soss vs foss

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.

English

Etymology 1

See fosse.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force ("waterfall").

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

foss

1. indefinite accusative singular of fossur
2. indefinite genitive singular of fossur

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fossál

Etymology

fosik +? -j

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fo??]
• Hyphenation: foss
• Rhymes: -o??

Verb

foss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fosik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vannfall, vassfall

Derived terms

• fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vassfall

Derived terms

• fossa, fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adverb

foss

1. right away, in a moment