Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pross

/ˈpɹɒs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: pross
IPA: /ˈpɹɒs/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang

verb

To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses."
"He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […] Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills."

Etymology

Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Pross

Usage

Slang
British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

prosses (plural) prosses (present, singular) prossing (participle, present) prossed (participle, past) prossed (past)

Derived Forms

prosser

Rhymes With

across loss cross sauce cos toss moss dos gloss mos lacrosse ros

Questions

How do you pronounce pross?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɒs/.
What does pross mean?: A prostitute.
Where does pross come from?: It is traced to German.

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