Dictionary - Definition of HOSS

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"Hoss" is a common misspelling or typo for: his, has, boss, hosts, toss, hose, hiss, hops, hoses, joss, Goss, hogs, hobs, Hoes, houss.

Date "Hoss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1612. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOSS

Domain	Definition
Census	(Housing Sales Survey) Provides monthly and quarterly statistics on new single-family non-farm house sales. (Manufacturing and Construction Division). (references)
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Expressions	Definition
Hoss (album)	Hoss is Lagwagon's 3rd album, released on November 21, 1995 by Fat Wreck Chords. (references)
Hoss (professional wrestling)	Hoss is a professional wrestling term. It is slang for a professional wrestler with little talent and poor work rate, and often not much charisma. They often draw X-Pac heat from the audience. Hosses are disliked by the smark community. They are hired mainly for their size. Some model hosses are Albert/A-Train, Heidenreich, Tyson Tomko, Matt Morgan, Chris Masters, and Gene Snitsky. (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Old Hoss	Slang	Proper noun. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: The automatic dishwasher, through which dishes are carried on a conveyer belt. Context: Discussions about the automatic dishwasher. Social Source: Lunch Ladies. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
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Hoss may refer to:

In fiction:

Hoss (comics), a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics
Hoss Cartwright, a fictional character in the TV show Bonanza
Hoss Delgado, a fictional character from the animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

In music:

In sports:

Da Hoss, a bay throroughbred gelding
Hoss (professional wrestling), a wrestler who is physically large but lacks other skills

People named Hoss:

Américo Hoss (1916-1990), prolific Hungarian- Argentine cinematographer
Bill "Hoss" Allen (died 1997), American radio disc jockey
Elijah Embree Hoss (1849-1919), American bishop
Hoss (musician), drummer for punk metal bands Amen, and Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator
Hoss (NFL) (born 1961), former NFL quarterback

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian	konj (hors, horse, hoss, Knight, steed). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina	konj (hors, horse, hoss, Knight, steed). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech	konj (hors, horse, hoss, Knight, steed). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	말 (horse, word, steed, equine, language). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	말 (horse, word, steed, equine, language). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian	ló (horse, bronco, hoss, horses, knight). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	말 (horse, word, steed, equine, language). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar	ló (horse, bronco, hoss, horses, knight). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, hoss. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “hoss” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	osshay (hoss). Additional references: Pig Latin, hoss. (volunteer)
Terran B	lo (hoss, lowa). Additional references: Terran B, hoss. (volunteer)
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Topics by Level of Interest: HOSS
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hoss	25	A Man Called Hoss	6
Boss Hoss	14	Américo Hoss	3
Elijah Embree Hoss	10	Boss Hoss	14
Hoss (album)	9	Da Hoss	9
Da Hoss	9	Elijah Embree Hoss	10
Hoss Ellington	8	Hoss	25
Hoss (comics)	6	Hoss (album)	9
A Man Called Hoss	6	Hoss (band)	5
Hoss (band)	5	Hoss (comics)	6
Hoss Cartwright	4	Hoss (musician)	2
Américo Hoss	3	Hoss Cartwright	4
Hoss (musician)	2	Hoss Ellington	8
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).