Floss

Meaning

Noun

●

In Dental hygiene:

thread

used to

clean

the

gaps

between the teeth.

●

Raw

silk

fibres.

●

The

etc.; the

inside the

of certain

, such as beans.

●

Any thread-like

having

that are not

around each other.

●

In British English:

Spun

sugar

cotton candy

, especially in the

phrase

"candy floss".

●

In Toiletries:

A body

feather

of an ostrich.

●

In Dances:

in which the

their

, with

, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

●

In British English:

A small

stream

of water.

●

Fluid

in the

by the

and

which are present.

●

In Northern England English, Scottish English & Rushes:

The

common rush

(Juncus effusus).

●

In Computing:

Abbreviation of free/libre/open

source

software.

Verb

●

clean

the area between the

teeth

using floss.

●

In African-American Vernacular English:

, especially by

or talent.

●

perform

the

floss

dance

move.

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Floss

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