{{wiktionary|gloss}} '''Gloss''' may refer to:

{{TOC right}} ==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

==See also== *Glossa (disambiguation)

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