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Tossed vs Bossed - What's the difference?

tossed | bossed |

As verbs the difference between tossed and bossed

is that tossed is (toss) while bossed is (boss).

tossed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (toss)

    • toss

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
  • (cricket, football) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
  • (British, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
    • I couldn't give a toss about her.

    Derived terms

    * argue the toss

    Verb

  • To throw with an initial upward direction.
    • Toss it over here!
  • To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
    • to toss the head
  • * Addison
    • He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, / He would not stay.
  • To agitate; to make restless.
  • * Milton
    • Calm region once, / And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
  • To subject to trials; to harass.
  • * Herbert
    • Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
  • To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
    • I'll toss you for it.
  • To discard: to toss out
    • ''I don't need it anymore, you can just toss it.
  • To stir or mix (a salad).
    • to toss''' a salad; a '''tossed salad.
  • (British, vulgar, slang) To masturbate
  • (informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
    • "Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."
  • * 2003 , Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover , p. 258:
    • John Orr had occasion to complain in writing to the senior supervisor that his Playboy and Penthouse magazines had been stolen by deputies. And he believed that was what prompted a random search of his cell for contraband. He was stripped, handcuffed, and forced to watch as they tossed his cell .
  • * 2009 , , Red Dragon :
    • Rankin and Willingham, when they tossed his cell , they took Polaroids so they could get everything back in place.
  • * 2011 , Linda Howard, Kill and Tell: A Novel :
    • Hayes had watched him toss a room before. He had tapped walls, gotten down on his hands and knees and studied the floor, inspected books and lamps and bric-abrac.
  • To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
    • tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
  • To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
    • to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
    (Ascham)
  • To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

    • See also

    * tosser * toss off * toss in * toss and turn

    Anagrams

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    bossed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boss)

    • boss

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bos, bose, boce, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
  • (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
  • A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
  • (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
  • (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
  • (archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
  • A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
    • (Gwilt)
  • A head or reservoir of water.
    • Derived terms
    * bossless * bosslike * emboss

    Verb

    (es)
  • To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

    • Etymology 2

    Apparently a corruption of (bass).

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
  • * 1916 , , Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:
    • All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss .
    Synonyms
    * (hassock or footrest): footrest, hassock

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) baas, from (etyl) . Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative, later, in , it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
  • A person in charge of a business or company.
    • Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
    My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
  • A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
    • They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
  • The head of a political party in a given region or district.
    • He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
  • (informal) A term of address to a man.
    • Yes, boss .
  • (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
  • (humorous) Wife.
    • There's no olive oil, will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss .
    Synonyms
    * (person in charge of a business or company): employer * (person who oversees and directs the work of others): line manager, manager, supervisor * (leader of an organized group or team): head, leader * (head of a political party in a given region or district): leader * : gov/guv (UK), guvnor (UK), mate (UK) * See also
    Derived terms
    * boss battle * boss fight * miniboss * final boss * show someone who's boss * you're the boss

    Verb

    (es)
  • To exercise authoritative control over; to lord over; to boss around; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
  • * 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher):
    • By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.
  • * 1932 , Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child , page 76
    • His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
  • * 1967 , Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight , page 90
    • She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]
  • * 1980 , Jean Toomer The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer , page 40
    • For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]
    Derived terms
    * boss about, boss around

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, American, Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.
    • ''Don't you think surfing's boss ?

    Anagrams

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