Homelessness Vocabulary

noun a gerund form of the verb 'beg', used as a noun to refer to the action of pleading or requesting something

verb to make a request for something, typically in an urgent or pleading manner

• The homeless man was begging for spare change on the street corner.
• I saw a guy begging outside the grocery store yesterday.
• She's always begging for attention from her crush.
• The storm clouds were begging for rain to fall.

noun a place to sleep, typically a cheap or makeshift bed

verb to sleep or spend the night in a cheap or makeshift bed

• The employee kept a detailed doss on all the project deadlines.
• I heard she's got a doss on everyone in the office.
• I found a doss of old concert tickets in my drawer.
• The detective had to sift through the suspect's doss of alibis.