goss

Plural: gosses

Noun

• a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
• street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
• a usually brief attempt
• a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
• Gossip.
• Obsolete form of gorse.
• A hat.

Verb

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• follow a procedure or take a course
• move away from a place into another direction
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
• be awarded; be allotted
• have a particular form
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• follow a certain course
• be abolished or discarded
• be or continue to be in a certain condition
• make a certain noise or sound
• perform as expected when applied
• to be spent or finished
• progress by being changed
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• be in the right place or situation
• be ranked or compare
• begin or set in motion
• have a turn; make one's move in a game
• be contained in
• be sounded, played, or expressed
• blend or harmonize
• lead, extend, or afford access
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
• be spent
• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• stop operating or functioning

Examples

• "The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife."

Synonyms

Adam, become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, crack, cristal, croak, decease, depart, die, disco biscuit, drop dead, ecstasy, endure, exit, expire, extend, fail, fit, fling, function, get, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go, go away, go bad, go game, hold out, hold up, hug drug, kick the bucket, last, lead, live, live on, locomote, move, offer, operate, pass, pass away, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, rifle, run, run low, run short, snuff it, sound, spell, start, survive, tour, travel, turn, whirl, work, X, XTC

Antonyms

be born, come, malfunction, stay in place, stop

Related Words

give someone goss