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Definition of floss verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. floss (something) to clean between your teeth with dental floss
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French (soie) floche ‘floss (silk)’, from Old French flosche ‘down, nap of velvet’, of unknown origin.
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