uptoss
uptoss verb: to toss up.
Verb
uptoss (third-person singular simple present uptosses, present participle uptossing, simple past and past participle uptossed)
- To toss up.
- […] and brasses reflective Gleam in the sun, and away to the clouds uptoss the refulgence: […]1888, Virgil's Æneid
- To be tossed up.
- The boat drew closer and closer, hurling along through the seething green like a thing alive, lifting and sending and uptossing across the huge-backed breakers, or disappearing behind them only to rush into sight again […]1904, The Century
Noun
uptoss (plural uptosses)
- A tossing up.
- Sometimes its sky line was broken by an uptoss from some one overpowering blast.1917, Collier's: incorporating features of the American magazine
- You can see even the smallest animals, such as porcupines and ground hogs, over a mile away, and the first step of a bear, or the first uptoss of a deer's head is seen instantly.1922, Charles Hallock, William A. Bruette, Forest and Stream
- That which is tossed up.
Forms of uptoss
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | uptosses |
| present participle | uptossing |
| past participle | uptossed |
| past | uptossed |
| Noun | |
| plural | uptosses |
Origin of uptoss
From up- + toss.
Questions about uptoss
- What does uptoss mean?
- Uptoss means to toss up.
- What part of speech is uptoss?
- Uptoss can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of uptoss?
- The past tense of uptoss is uptossed.
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