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tossed salad

tossed salad noun: a salad made by tossing greens in a dressing, often including other vegetables like tomato and cucumber. Also the simple past and past participle of toss salad.

Noun

tossed salad (plural tossed salads)

  1. A salad made by tossing greens in a dressing, often including other vegetables like tomato and cucumber.
  2. (figuratively) Synonym of salad bowl (“a metaphor for the way an intercultural society can integrate different cultures while maintaining their separate identities”).
    Synonyms:
    salad bowl
  3. (slang, vulgar) An act of anilingus.
    • A couple of people said they really liked it: "I had the pleasure of enjoying a tossed salad performed on me. […]2003, Nick J. Myers III, Black Hearts: The Development of Black Sexuality in America, Trafford Publishing, published 2003, →ISBN, page 179
    Synonyms:
    rim job

Also used as

tossed salad is also the simple past and past participle of toss salad.

Synonyms of tossed salad

Forms of tossed salad

pluraltossed salads

Questions about tossed salad

What does tossed salad mean?
Tossed salad means a salad made by tossing greens in a dressing, often including other vegetables like tomato and cucumber.
What part of speech is tossed salad?
Tossed salad is a noun.
What is the plural of tossed salad?
The plural of tossed salad is tossed salads.

Words near tossed salad in the dictionary

  1. tossed in with
  2. tossed it in
  3. tossed off
  4. tossed one's name in the hat
  5. tossed out
  6. tossed salad
  7. tossed salads
  8. tossed someone's salad
  9. tossed the pieman
  10. tossed together
  11. tossed up

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