gozz
English
Etymology
Alteration of gob
Verb
gozz (third-person singular simple present gozz, present participle gozzing, simple past and past participle gozzed)
- (Britain) to spit
- 2013, Nick Oldham, Bad Tidings, Severn House Publishers, →ISBN, page 164:
- He had had the privilege of being gozzed on by Johnny Rotten. A night to treasure. He hadn't washed for three days after.
- 2014, Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of it All, Random House, →ISBN, page 119:
- One of them gozzed at him, which was a thing you'd see at a gig back then. Disgusting I know, but that's the way it was.
- 2018, Roger Smith, Tell Me Why, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 120:
- Unfortunately it quite often sidelined any democratic processes and became an integral part of the general mayhem as some unfortunate misfit of the moment was held down and gozzed on.