--- title: "How to pronounce \"flossed\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"flossed\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/i_avLd49f8I/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/flossed" --- # How to pronounce "flossed" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/flɒssɛd/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **flos·sed** ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - simple past and past participle of floss ### Example Sentences - "that no whether she flossed last night or not." - "The people who brushed and flossed their teeth were not necessarily the people who were really scared about what would happen --" ### Common Phrases - flossed last ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (6 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "flossed" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "Well, it's not very good evidence because maybe if I had chosen my parameters nicely, I'd be essentially equally likely to see that no whether she flossed last night or not. So in this updating of the beliefs, very little is changing." - **Watch at 23:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_avLd49f8I&t=1387s) ### Example 2 > "The upshot of this experiment was that fear was not really a primary driver of the behavior at all. The people who brushed and flossed their teeth were not necessarily the people who were really scared about what would happen -- it's the people who simply felt that they had the capacity to change their behavior." - **Watch at 4:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGlWQnzDVE&t=255s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "So what I'm interested in is the fraction of people in the room who flossed last night." - **Watch at 20:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_avLd49f8I&t=1215s) ### Example 4 > "And I'll tell you an example why. How many people in here flossed this morning? Raise your hands. Right. Yet you all know you should floss religiously. And the problem is if you" - **Watch at 4:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfg_e6YG37U&t=293s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "So you can see that whether the truth is yes, you flossed, or no, you didn't, in both cases, you might end up saying yes." - **Watch at 20:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_avLd49f8I&t=1251s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "and get quite nice approximations to the true fraction of people in the room who've flossed last night." - **Watch at 22:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_avLd49f8I&t=1320s) ## How to Pronounce "flossed" - **Syllables**: flos · sed - **IPA**: `/flɒssɛd/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [floss](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/floss) ### Related Terms [unflossed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unflossed), [reflossed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/reflossed), [refloss](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/refloss) ### Related Concepts [flamboast](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/flamboast), [high-side](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/high-side), [stunt](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stunt) ## Synonyms [aura farm](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/aura-farm) ## Related Pronunciations [flashed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/flashed) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “flossed”? “flossed” is pronounced /flɒssɛd/ (flos · sed). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “flossed”? “flossed” has 2 syllables: flos · sed. ### What does “flossed” mean? simple past and past participle of floss ### How can I hear “flossed” used in real sentences? This page has 6 real-world video examples of “flossed” with synchronized subtitles. 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