floss

  • 31floss — I v To show off. She s going to floss for the dance tonight. 1990s II v To show off your wealth. I hate to see her flossing her bling around school. 2000s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 32floss — 1) To beat someone very, very severely in a game or competition. Rich: I just picked up tenladies in an hour and you picked up none. Albert: Yeah, I got flossed. 2) When trying to look good for other people by showing off what you have Let s go… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 33floss — 1) To beat someone very, very severely in a game or competition. Rich: I just picked up tenladies in an hour and you picked up none. Albert: Yeah, I got flossed. 2) When trying to look good for other people by showing off what you have Let s go… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 34floss — 1) n American abbreviated female underwear; a G string or thong. The colloquial shorten ing of dental floss was used by females from the late 1980s to refer to thongs (in the sense in underwear). 2) vb American (of a female) to behave… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 35floss — flÉ‘s ,flÉ”s /flÉ’s n. fiber from the silk cotton tree; silk thread; something which resembles silky threads; dental thread v. clean one s teeth with dental floss …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 36floss — [flɒs] verb [I/T] to clean between your teeth with DENTAL FLOSS …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 37Floss silk — Floss Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. [1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38Floss thread — Floss Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. [1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39floss yarn — Floss Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. [1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Floss hole — Floss Floss, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. [1913 Webster] {Floss hole}.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English