Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tosh
Participle: toshed
Gerund: toshing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tosh |
| you | tosh |
| he;she;it | toshes |
| we | tosh |
| you | tosh |
| they | tosh |
Perfect
| I | have toshed |
| you | have toshed |
| he;she;it | has toshed |
| we | have toshed |
| you | have toshed |
| they | have toshed |
Past
| I | toshed |
| you | toshed |
| he;she;it | toshed |
| we | toshed |
| you | toshed |
| they | toshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had toshed |
| you | had toshed |
| he;she;it | had toshed |
| we | had toshed |
| you | had toshed |
| they | had toshed |
Future
| I | will tosh |
| you | will tosh |
| he;she;it | will tosh |
| we | will tosh |
| you | will tosh |
| they | will tosh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have toshed |
| you | will have toshed |
| he;she;it | will have toshed |
| we | will have toshed |
| you | will have toshed |
| they | will have toshed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tosh |
| you | tosh |
| he;she;it | tosh |
| we | tosh |
| you | tosh |
| they | tosh |
Perfect
| I | have toshed |
| you | have toshed |
| he;she;it | have toshed |
| we | have toshed |
| you | have toshed |
| they | have toshed |
Imperfect
| I | toshed |
| you | toshed |
| he;she;it | toshed |
| we | toshed |
| you | toshed |
| they | toshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had toshed |
| you | had toshed |
| he;she;it | had toshed |
| we | had toshed |
| you | had toshed |
| they | had toshed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tosh |
| you | would tosh |
| he;she;it | would tosh |
| we | would tosh |
| you | would tosh |
| they | would tosh |
Perfect
| I | would have toshed |
| you | would have toshed |
| he;she;it | would have toshed |
| we | would have toshed |
| you | would have toshed |
| they | would have toshed |
Imperative
| you | tosh |
| we | Let's tosh |
| you | tosh |
Verbs conjugated like 'tosh'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tosh'
bosh,
cosh,
josh,
mosh,
nosh,
tose,
toss,
trosh,
tush,
ash,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to convey one's disapproval of
- bawl out, chew out, criticize, drag, eat someone alive, excoriate, get up, lace into, lambaste, light into, rip into, tear into, tick off
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.
2. Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th century.
Sample Sentences
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[1867, W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-book:]
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Toshing, a cant word for stealing copper sheathing from vessels' bottoms, or from dock-yard stores.
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You tend to the toshing, let Mester Hobday tend to the dealing. [1974, J. Aiken, Midnight is Place, vi. 180:]
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‘Toshing’ was the name given to a punishment inflicted by the cadets on any one of their number who made himself obnoxious. The victim, dressed in full uniform, was forced to run the gauntlet of his brother cadets, who, as he passed, emptied the contents of their ‘tosh-cans’ (small baths holding about three gallons of water) over the wretched lad's head. [1883, J.P. Groves, From Cadet to Captain, iii. 227:]
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He toshed his house beak by mistake, and got three hundred. [1903, J. S. Farmer et al., Slang, VII. 171/1:]