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.”
(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form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan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

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