hoss
See also: Hoss
English
Alternative forms
- hawss
Etymology
Variant of horse.See also 'oss in English dialects with H-dropping.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /hɔːs/
- Rhymes: -ɔːs
Noun
hoss (countable and uncountable, plural hosses)
- (Southern US, slang) Pronunciation spelling of horse.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 563:
- “That ole black hoss let out a whinny.”
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- (Southern US, slang) A big, strong and respected or dependable person, usually a man; one who is large like a horse.
- (Southern US, slang, often capitalized) Term of address for a man.
- What's up, hoss?
- (Northwestern US, slang) A car.
Synonyms
- (man): dude, man, brother, guy, chap, comrade, bub
Derived terms
- hoss opera
- one-hoss shay
Anagrams
- Sohs, shos, sohs, sosh
Norwegian Bokmål
Adverb
hoss
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
hoss
- (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis