Meaning of floss In English

• 0 →  dental floss

• 1 a mass of soft, smooth threads especially produced by particular insects and plants

• 2 a dance that involves swinging your arms in front of and behind your body in the opposite direction to your hips. It started on the internet and is especially popular with young people:

  • What is the floss and why is everyone doing it?

  • There's a video of some primary school kids teaching their teacher how to do the floss.

• 3 to clean between your teeth using dental floss:

  • It's important to floss every day.

• 4 to behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration:

  • You better stop flossing or I'll knock you down.

• 5 to do a dance that involves swinging your arms in front of and behind your body in the opposite direction to your hips. It started on the internet and is especially popular with young people:

  • The floss dance began on Instagram and now everyone is flossing away.

  • It's so embarrassing when your parents try to floss.

• 6 to clean between your teeth using dental floss (= thin thread made especially for this purpose)

• 7 dental floss