floss
verb/flɒs/
/flɑːs/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they floss | /flɒs/ /flɑːs/ |
| he / she / it flosses | /ˈflɒsɪz/ /ˈflɑːsɪz/ |
| past simple flossed | /flɒst/ /flɑːst/ |
| past participle flossed | /flɒst/ /flɑːst/ |
| -ing form flossing | /ˈflɒsɪŋ/ /ˈflɑːsɪŋ/ |
- floss (something) to clean between your teeth with dental flossWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French (soie) floche ‘floss (silk)’, from Old French flosche ‘down, nap of velvet’, of unknown origin.
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