Past tense of toss
regular verb
The past tense of toss is tossed. The past participle is also tossed.
Forms of toss
| Base form (V1) | toss /tɒs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tossed /tɒst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tossed /tɒst/ |
| Present participle | tossing /ˈtɒsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | tosses |
Tossed in a sentence
- to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
- He was stripped, handcuffed, and forced to watch as they tossed his cell.2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 258
- They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.From the entry bench
- I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.From the entry smack-dab
- He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.From the entry slap
Meaning of toss
- noun A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- noun The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- noun A haughty throwing up of the head.
Questions about the past tense of toss
- What is the past tense of toss?
- The past tense of toss is tossed.
- What is the past participle of toss?
- The past participle of toss is tossed.
- Is toss a regular or irregular verb?
- Toss is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toss (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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