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Tossed vs Toast - What's the difference?

tossed | toast |

As verbs the difference between tossed and toast

is that tossed is past tense of toss while toast is to lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

As a noun toast is

toasted bread.

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

    * * *

    toast

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Toasted bread.
    • I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
    All toasters toast toast .
  • A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
    • At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
  • 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.
  • (slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
    • If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast !
  • (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
  • (computing) A transient, pop-up informational window

    • Derived terms

    * french toast * propose a toast * Texas toast * toaster * toast of the town

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
    • We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
  • To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
    • Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
  • To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
    • We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
  • To warm thoroughly.
    • I toasted my feet by the fire.
  • (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

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