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Definition floss

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *flos (attested in Middle English Flosmonger (a surname)), related to English fleece. Alternatively from French floche (“tuft of wool”), from floc, from Old French flosche (“down, velvet”), from Latin floccus (“piece of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokk? (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”), Dutch flos (“plush”) (tr=17c.).

Noun

floss (countable and uncountable, plural flosses)

1. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
2. Raw silk fibres.
3. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
4. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
5. (Britain) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
6. A body feather of an ostrich.
7. A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

Verb

floss (third-person singular simple present flosses, present participle flossing, simple past and past participle flossed)

1. To clean the area between the teeth using floss.
2. (slang, African American Vernacular) To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.
3. To perform the floss dance move.

Etymology 2

Compare German Floss (“a float”).

Noun

floss (plural flosses)

1. (Britain) A small stream of water.
2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

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