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toss'd

toss'd is the simple past and past participle of toss.

Meaning of toss

Verb

toss (third-person singular simple present tosses, present participle tossing, simple past and past participle tossed or (obsolete) tost)

  1. To throw with an initial upward direction.
    • Toss it over here!
  2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
    • to toss the head
  3. To agitate; to make restless.
    • Calm region once,
      And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    perturb, provoke, vex
  4. To subject to trials; to harass.
    • Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis...
    Synonyms:
    beleaguer, beset, pester
  5. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
    • We should toss for it.
  6. (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
    • I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.

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Questions about toss'd

What is toss'd the simple past and past participle of?
Toss'd is the simple past and past participle of toss.

Words near toss'd in the dictionary

  1. toss the pieman
  2. toss to the lions
  3. toss to the wind
  4. toss together
  5. toss up
  6. toss'd
  7. toss-pot
  8. toss-pots
  9. toss-up
  10. toss-up question
  11. toss-up questions

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