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Goss

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. 3
    A village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Gossip. slang, uncountable

    "The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of gorse. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "through / Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns,"

  3. 3
    A hat. obsolete, slang

    "He now states, as one of the miseries of being tall, his frequent collision with the shop blinds projecting over the footway, which endanger his head—or what is of more consequence to him, his hat. Some malicious people, on seeing him in full chase up Regent-street after his goss. (a la Pickwick) compared his activity to a snail in full gallop, while others remarked on his affinity to a spider after a fly."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of gossip.

Etymology 2

From gossamer.

Etymology 3

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse. * As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).

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