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retoss

retoss verb: to toss again; to throw back.

Verb

retoss (third-person singular simple present retosses, present participle retossing, simple past and past participle retossed)

  1. To toss again; to throw back.
    • Compare unto him the vulgar troupes of our men, stupide, base, servile, wavering, and continually floting on the tempestuous ocean of divers passions which tosse and retosse the same, wholy depending of others.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of retoss

third-person singular presentretosses
present participleretossing
past participleretossed
pastretossed

Origin of retoss

From re- + toss.

Words that rhyme with retoss

27 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about retoss

What does retoss mean?
Retoss means to toss again; to throw back.
What part of speech is retoss?
Retoss is a verb.
What is the past tense of retoss?
The past tense of retoss is retossed.

Words near retoss in the dictionary

  1. retorts
  2. retorture
  3. retortured
  4. retortures
  5. retorturing
  6. retoss
  7. retossed
  8. retosses
  9. retossing
  10. retotal
  11. retotaled

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