diss

• dis

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Originated in Jamaican English or African American Vernacular English, probably originally a clipping of disrespect or disparage, both from the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin dis-.

diss (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)

1. (slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
   • 1905, 10 December, The Sunday Times (Perth), "A New Word", page 4:

     When a journalistic rival tries to "dis" you
     And to prejudice you in the public's eyes.
     Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue
     Of palpable, unmitigated lies."

diss (plural disses)

1. (slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

• (British, slang) send

• diss song, diss track

• → Chinese: diss
• → Dutch: diss, dissen
• → German: dissen
• → Polish: diss
• → Swedish: diss

Clipping of dissertation

diss (plural disses)

1. (slang) Dissertation.
   • 2012 April 5, shkbop9190, “Failing a Dissertation”, in The Student Room Forums‎^[1], retrieved 1 December 2016:

     I've been wondering what happens if I fail my diss. I know i'm allowed to fail 60 credits but I don't think that includes the diss.

From Arabic دِيس (dīs).

diss (uncountable)

1. Ampelodesmos mauritanicus syn. Ampelodesmos tenax, a reedy grass used for cordage.

• nem diss

• sids, SIDS, SSID, ISDs, IDSs, SDIs, SISD, SIDs

Borrowed from English diss.

• (anglicized pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪs/

diss

1. (slang) to diss (to show disrespect)

Borrowed from English diss.

• IPA^(key): /dɪs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: diss
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: dis

diss m (plural disses or dissen)

1. (slang, hiphop) a diss

   Vette diss, man! ― Sick diss, man!

• dissen

Unadapted borrowing from English diss.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: diss

diss m inan

1. (slang) diss (insult or put-down)

• diss in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• diss in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• diss at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• diss in miejski.pl

• IPA^(key): /dɪsː/
• Rhymes: -ɪsː

From English diss.

diss c

1. (slang) diss, rejection

diss n

1. (music) D-sharp; the note D♯

• dess