Gloss

Gloss may refer to:

Text

 * Gloss (annotation), an explanatory note in a text, such as:
 * Interlinear gloss, in linguistics and pedagogy
 * Biblical gloss
 * Glose or Gloss, a quatrain from a usually better known poem incorporated into a new poem

Shininess

 * Gloss (optics), reflectivity of light on a surface
 * Gloss and matte paint, terms used for painted finishes
 * Lip gloss
 * Sickle-gloss, a silica residue found on blades

Fiction

 * Gloss (character), a fictional character who appeared in DC Comics' series New Guardians
 * Gloss (film), a Russian satirical melodrama by Andrei Konchalovsky
 * Gloss (TV series), a New Zealand television drama, which ran from 1987 to 1990
 * Gloss, a minor character in The Hunger Games

People

 * Hugo Gloss (born 1985), Brazilian journalist and presenter
 * Molly Gloss (born 1944), American writer

Other uses

 * Dillon v. Gloss, a 1921 U.S. constitutional court case
 * Global Sea Level Observing System, an Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission program
 * G.L.O.S.S., a punk band based in Olympia, Washington
 * GLOSS FM, an online radio station based in South Gloucestershire, UK