goss
/ɡˈɔs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
name
A village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States.
Example Sentences
- "The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife."
- "To give myself a break from the energy sapping, demoralising patrolling of this uninviting habitat, and to get away from any more creepy visions, I decided to drive into Mount Isa, ostensibly to be within phone range so I could contact Bob Forsyth and find out any local goss from him."
- "through / Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns,"
- "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."
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