floss

Definitions

• A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
• Raw silk fibres.
• The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
• Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
• (British) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
• A body feather of an ostrich.
• A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.