Hoss

See also: hoss

English

Noun

Hoss

1. Alternative letter-case form of hoss (Southern US term of address for a man).

   How's it going, Hoss?

Anagrams

• Sohs, shos, sohs, sosh

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• hoos (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German hose, from Old High German hosa, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā.

Cognate with German Hose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Hoss

Noun

Hoss f (plural Hosse, diminutive Hossje)

1. trousers, pants

   die Hosse aandun

   to wear the trousers

   Du mol die nasse Hosse aus!

   Take off those wet pants!

Related terms

• Hosseschisser
• Strumphoss
• Unnerhoss

 

References

• André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018) “calça”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 36, column 2
• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hoss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2