Floss
noun
A thin thread used to clean between your teeth.
After brushing your teeth, you should use floss to clean in between.
Often appears as...
- dental floss
- floss holder
verb
To use a thin thread to clean between your teeth.
If you don’t floss regularly, food might get stuck between your teeth.
Often appears as...
- floss daily
- regularly floss
noun
A soft cotton thread used in sewing or weaving.
Embroidery floss is used for decorative stitching.
Often appears as...
- embroidery floss
- silk floss
noun
A type of candy that is light and fluffy, also known as cotton candy in America.
The children were overjoyed to receive floss at the carnival.
Often appears as...
- candy floss
- floss machine
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To show off wealth or material possessions.
The rapper likes to floss his expensive jewellery.
Often appears as...
- floss the cash
- floss the bling
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A thin thread used to clean between your teeth.
After brushing your teeth, you should use floss to clean in between.
Often appears as...
- dental floss
- floss holder
verb
To use a thin thread to clean between your teeth.
If you don’t floss regularly, food might get stuck between your teeth.
Often appears as...
- floss daily
- regularly floss
noun
A soft cotton thread used in sewing or weaving.
Embroidery floss is used for decorative stitching.
Often appears as...
- embroidery floss
- silk floss
noun
A type of candy that is light and fluffy, also known as cotton candy in America.
The children were overjoyed to receive floss at the carnival.
Often appears as...
- candy floss
- floss machine
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To show off wealth or material possessions.
The rapper likes to floss his expensive jewellery.
Often appears as...
- floss the cash
- floss the bling
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Dental Hygiene
Flossing daily helps prevent gum disease and tooth decay.
My dentist said I should floss every night before bed.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Context
'Floss' as dental thread is mainly used in a dental care context.
Do you have any floss? I have something stuck between my teeth.
Pro Tip 1/2Dental Hygiene
Flossing daily helps prevent gum disease and tooth decay.
My dentist said I should floss every night before bed.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Context
'Floss' as dental thread is mainly used in a dental care context.
Do you have any floss? I have something stuck between my teeth.
Pro Tip 1/2Dental Hygiene
Flossing daily helps prevent gum disease and tooth decay.
My dentist said I should floss every night before bed.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Context
'Floss' as dental thread is mainly used in a dental care context.
Do you have any floss? I have something stuck between my teeth.
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Thomas Goetz: It's time...
but told them that, if you didn't brush and floss your teeth, you could get gum disease. If you get gum disease, you will lose your teeth, but you'll get dentures, and it won't be that bad. So that was the low-fear group. The high-fear group, they laid it on really thick. They showed bloody gums.
Video examples
Stories of Exploration...
something that's made millions of people smile I don't know how happiest made them put together a video on sloths and it's gone viral how many have looked at it now that that one particular video is probably watched by over 7 million people well it's called meet the floss if you want
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
around the wind has also just started to pick up quite a bit that's pretty scary I think it's going to blow whatever is building up in the distance and I've seen clouds in the South I think James are showing you them whose big balls of candy floss and then just above the
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Karen Eber: How your...
As you begin to listen to data, some different things happen. There are some misconceptions to understand. And the first is that data doesn't change our behavior, emotions do. If data changed our behavior, we would all sleep eight hours and exercise and floss daily
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How the bendy straw was...
He inserts a screw into one end, and using a piece of dental floss, crushes the paper between the threads of the screw creating a series of tiny equidistant corrugations. After removing the screw, the straw is able to bend over the side of the glass
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What causes cavities? -...
preventing them from getting worse. The best way to avoid a cavity is still cutting down on sugar intake and practicing good oral hygiene to get rid of the bacteria and their food sources. That includes regular tooth brushing, flossing,
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What causes bad breath?...
The worst smelling byproducts come from gram-negative bacteria that live in the spaces between gums and teeth and on the back of the tongue. By brushing and flossing our teeth, using antibacterial mouthwash at bedtime,
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
my side they me no that's brighter that is as the dark as the light goes unfortunately it will have to do and anyways so this is a porcupine call snapped in half it looks like candy floss in the center it's
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Alec Soth + Stacey...
Cliff said the first thing he notices about a woman is her teeth, and we complimented each other's teeth. Because he's an open mouth sleeper, he says he has to floss more to help prevent gum disease,
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The 5 Musketeers Have an...
I hear that ROG electric floss electric floss Arana will typically in the wild
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Thomas Goetz: It's time...
but told them that, if you didn't brush and floss your teeth, you could get gum disease. If you get gum disease, you will lose your teeth, but you'll get dentures, and it won't be that bad. So that was the low-fear group. The high-fear group, they laid it on really thick. They showed bloody gums.
Video examples
Stories of Exploration...
something that's made millions of people smile I don't know how happiest made them put together a video on sloths and it's gone viral how many have looked at it now that that one particular video is probably watched by over 7 million people well it's called meet the floss if you want
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
around the wind has also just started to pick up quite a bit that's pretty scary I think it's going to blow whatever is building up in the distance and I've seen clouds in the South I think James are showing you them whose big balls of candy floss and then just above the
Video examples
Karen Eber: How your...
As you begin to listen to data, some different things happen. There are some misconceptions to understand. And the first is that data doesn't change our behavior, emotions do. If data changed our behavior, we would all sleep eight hours and exercise and floss daily
Video examples
How the bendy straw was...
He inserts a screw into one end, and using a piece of dental floss, crushes the paper between the threads of the screw creating a series of tiny equidistant corrugations. After removing the screw, the straw is able to bend over the side of the glass
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
preventing them from getting worse. The best way to avoid a cavity is still cutting down on sugar intake and practicing good oral hygiene to get rid of the bacteria and their food sources. That includes regular tooth brushing, flossing,
Video examples
What causes bad breath?...
The worst smelling byproducts come from gram-negative bacteria that live in the spaces between gums and teeth and on the back of the tongue. By brushing and flossing our teeth, using antibacterial mouthwash at bedtime,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
my side they me no that's brighter that is as the dark as the light goes unfortunately it will have to do and anyways so this is a porcupine call snapped in half it looks like candy floss in the center it's
Video examples
Alec Soth + Stacey...
Cliff said the first thing he notices about a woman is her teeth, and we complimented each other's teeth. Because he's an open mouth sleeper, he says he has to floss more to help prevent gum disease,
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Have an...
I hear that ROG electric floss electric floss Arana will typically in the wild
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Honor Blackman
British Actress
My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.
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Sonny Bill Williams
New Zealander Athlete
OK, I floss, I brush my teeth, and I use mouth wash. Does that mean that I love it? That means that I, you know, like to look after my teeth!
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Molly Shannon
American Actress
Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious.
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Neha Dhupia
Indian Actress
Unglee' has a big heart and it is in the right place. It is very different script. It is not all candy floss.
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Ranvir Shorey
Indian Actor
I don't dig the candy floss and rosy kind of film subjects. Give me anything dark and grey!
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Amruta Khanvilkar
Indian Actress
I want to prove to my fans that I am beyond candy floss roles and item numbers.
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Nyjah Huston
American Athlete
I do try to floss everyday cause it's obviously good for you and healthy.
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Red Buttons
American Comedian
There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.
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Joan Rivers
American Comedian
Never floss with a stranger.
Quote examples
Jonathan Van Ness
American Entertainer
You gotta floss!
Quote examples
Honor Blackman
British Actress
My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.
Quote examples
Sonny Bill Williams
New Zealander Athlete
OK, I floss, I brush my teeth, and I use mouth wash. Does that mean that I love it? That means that I, you know, like to look after my teeth!
Quote examples
Molly Shannon
American Actress
Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious.
Quote examples
Neha Dhupia
Indian Actress
Unglee' has a big heart and it is in the right place. It is very different script. It is not all candy floss.
Quote examples
Ranvir Shorey
Indian Actor
I don't dig the candy floss and rosy kind of film subjects. Give me anything dark and grey!
Quote examples
Amruta Khanvilkar
Indian Actress
I want to prove to my fans that I am beyond candy floss roles and item numbers.
Quote examples
Nyjah Huston
American Athlete
I do try to floss everyday cause it's obviously good for you and healthy.
Quote examples
Red Buttons
American Comedian
There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.
Quote examples
Joan Rivers
American Comedian
Never floss with a stranger.
Quote examples
Jonathan Van Ness
American Entertainer
You gotta floss!
Example 1 of 10
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