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flossing

n. 1 (cx countable English) The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss. 2 (cx fishing uncountable English) The use of a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside. vb. (present participle of floss English)

Usage examples of "flossing".

Neither is it about flossing, although now that you've insisted upon knowing why I took such a long floss break, I must finish the account of my journey through topiary to the old carriage master's house at the far end of the estate.

Scuttlesby, all used floss must be conveyed to the carriage master immediately upon completion of the flossing procedure, which is most vividly, not to say painstakingly, described - with diagrams, charts, graphs, and satellite photos -on pages 376 through 394 of the official estate manual.

In recognition of the fact that the extraordinary frequency of flossing required on the estate will lead to enormous floss balls, the walls and roof of the old carriage garages were raised from one story to four, providing forty-foot-high interior clearance.

So he carried out each step: hanging the laundry, setting up the breakfast things, flossing his teeth.

If Macon were condemned to death, she'd said once, and they told him he'd be executed by firing squad at dawn, he would no doubt still insist on flossing the night before.

I'm flossing my teeth constantly until my gums are aching and my mouth tastes like blood.