tost

tost is the simple past and past participle of toss.

tost is the obsolete spelling of toast.

Meaning of toss

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

To throw with an initial upward direction.
- Toss it over here!
Synonyms:

chuck, fling, bung, cast, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk
To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- to toss the head
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
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
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- We should toss for it.
(informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
Synonyms:

toss out, throw out, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck

toast (countable and uncountable, plural toasts)

(uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
- I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
- At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
Synonyms:

pledge
(countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
- He was the toast of high society.
(US, slang, uncountable) Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.
- The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.
(US, slang, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
- to become/be toast
Synonyms:

dead duck, dead meat
(Jamaica, countable, slang) A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

plural	tosts

What is tost the simple past and past participle of?: Tost is the simple past and past participle of toss.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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