toss – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of toss

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to toss about sth
Participle: tossed about sth
Gerund: tossing about sth

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of toss

Indicative

Present

Itoss about sth
youtoss about sth
he;she;ittosses about sth
wetoss about sth
youtoss about sth
theytoss about sth

Perfect

Ihave tossed about sth
youhave tossed about sth
he;she;ithas tossed about sth
wehave tossed about sth
youhave tossed about sth
theyhave tossed about sth

Past

Itossed about sth
youtossed about sth
he;she;ittossed about sth
wetossed about sth
youtossed about sth
theytossed about sth

Pluperfect

Ihad tossed about sth
youhad tossed about sth
he;she;ithad tossed about sth
wehad tossed about sth
youhad tossed about sth
theyhad tossed about sth

Future

Iwill toss about sth
youwill toss about sth
he;she;itwill toss about sth
wewill toss about sth
youwill toss about sth
theywill toss about sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have tossed about sth
youwill have tossed about sth
he;she;itwill have tossed about sth
wewill have tossed about sth
youwill have tossed about sth
theywill have tossed about sth

Subjunctive

Present

Itoss about sth
youtoss about sth
he;she;ittoss about sth
wetoss about sth
youtoss about sth
theytoss about sth

Perfect

Ihave tossed about sth
youhave tossed about sth
he;she;ithave tossed about sth
wehave tossed about sth
youhave tossed about sth
theyhave tossed about sth

Imperfect

Itossed about sth
youtossed about sth
he;she;ittossed about sth
wetossed about sth
youtossed about sth
theytossed about sth

Pluperfect

Ihad tossed about sth
youhad tossed about sth
he;she;ithad tossed about sth
wehad tossed about sth
youhad tossed about sth
theyhad tossed about sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould toss about sth
youwould toss about sth
he;she;itwould toss about sth
wewould toss about sth
youwould toss about sth
theywould toss about sth

Perfect

Iwould have tossed about sth
youwould have tossed about sth
he;she;itwould have tossed about sth
wewould have tossed about sth
youwould have tossed about sth
theywould have tossed about sth

Imperative

youtoss about sth
weLet's toss about sth
youtoss about sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam tossing about sth
youare tossing about sth
he;she;itis tossing about sth
weare tossing about sth
youare tossing about sth
theyare tossing about sth

Perfect

Ihave been tossing about sth
youhave been tossing about sth
he;she;ithas been tossing about sth
wehave been tossing about sth
youhave been tossing about sth
theyhave been tossing about sth

Past

Iwas tossing about sth
youwere tossing about sth
he;she;itwas tossing about sth
wewere tossing about sth
youwere tossing about sth
theywere tossing about sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been tossing about sth
youhad been tossing about sth
he;she;ithad been tossing about sth
wehad been tossing about sth
youhad been tossing about sth
theyhad been tossing about sth

Future

Iwill be tossing about sth
youwill be tossing about sth
he;she;itwill be tossing about sth
wewill be tossing about sth
youwill be tossing about sth
theywill be tossing about sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been tossing about sth
youwill have been tossing about sth
he;she;itwill have been tossing about sth
wewill have been tossing about sth
youwill have been tossing about sth
theywill have been tossing about sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be tossing about sth
youwould be tossing about sth
he;she;itwould be tossing about sth
wewould be tossing about sth
youwould be tossing about sth
theywould be tossing about sth

Perfect

Iwould have been tossing about sth
youwould have been tossing about sth
he;she;itwould have been tossing about sth
wewould have been tossing about sth
youwould have been tossing about sth
theywould have been tossing about sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'toss'

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 'toss'

boss, doss, Joss, loss, moss, oss, poss, ross, soss, tose,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

throw away
discard, ditch, dump, junk, scrap, throw away, throw out, trash, wreck
compel (a sports player) to leave the field
eject
to stimulate oneself sexually
beat off, fap, frig, jack off, jerk off, mastuprate, masturbate, play pocket pool, play with oneself, pleasure oneself, service oneself, skeet, stroke it, toss off, wank, wank off, whack off
to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
cast, chuck, feck, fling, hurl, launch, lob, pitch, shy, skew, sling, throw
to throw away as useless
86, bin, can, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, get rid of, jettison, junk, scrap, shift, throw away, throw out, trash
throw
pitch
bob
roll, buffet, heave, sway, swing, undulate, flounder

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1506, possibly from a Scand. source (cf. dialectal Norw. tossa "to strew, spread"). Food preparation sense (with ref. to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning "an act of throwing" is first recorded 1660. Tosspot "heavy drinker" is from 1568. Toss-up "even matter" first recorded 1809, from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c.1700). Tosser as a term of contempt in British slang is recorded from 1977, probably from slang toss off "masturbate" (1969); cf. jerk (n.).
2. From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedish tossa (“to strew, spread”)), or perhaps from an alteration of Middle English tosen (“to tease, pull apart, shred; to wound, injure”). Compare also Dutch tassen (“to pile or heap up, stack”).
3. The Welsh tos (“a quick jerk”) and tosio (“to jerk, toss”) are probably borrowed from the English. See: Swedish 'tossa', Middle English 'tosen', Dutch 'tassen'.

Verbs referencing "toss"

Dutch tossen.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Wal, I can't help it, ” said Aunt Chloe, hiding her face in her apron; “ I ’ s so tossed about it, it makes me act ugly. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] in the water, until the arrival of the railway train, for whose final contribution to our stock of passengers, our departure was alone deferred. It brought a great many boxes, which were bumped and tossed upon the roof, almost as painfully as if they had been deposited on one 's own head, without the intervention of a porter 's knot; and several damp gentlemen, whose clothes, on their drawing round [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] He drew out a silk handkerchief, and put it into his own pocket. Several little trifles, which Tom had treasured, chiefly because they had amused Eva, he looked upon with a contemptuous grunt, and tossed them over his shoulder into the river. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] unrebuked injustice ? In that simple heart waged a fierce conflict; the crushing sense of wrong, the foreshadowing, of a whole life of future misery, the wreck of all past hopes, mournfully tossing in the soul's sight, like dead corpses of wife, and child, and friend, rising from the dark wave, and surging in the face of the half-drowned mariner ! Ah, was it easy _here_ to believe and hold [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)