different between toss vs tosa

English

Etymology

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”).

The Welsh tos (“a quick jerk”) and tosio (“to jerk, toss”) are probably borrowed from the English.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /t?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

toss (plural tosses)

1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
2. (cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
3. A haughty throwing up of the head.
4. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.

   I couldn't give a toss about her.

5. (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
6. (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.

Derived terms

• argue the toss

Translations

Verb

toss (third-person singular simple present tosses, present participle tossing, simple past and past participle tossed or (obsolete) tost)

1. To throw with an initial upward direction.

2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

   • He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, / He would not stay.

3. To agitate; to make restless.
4. To subject to trials; to harass.

   • Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.

5. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

6. (informal) To discard: to toss out

7. To stir or mix (a salad).

8. (British slang) To masturbate
9. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
10. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

11. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
12. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.

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13. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
14. (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

Derived terms

• toss one's cookies
• tosser
• toss off
• tosspot
• toss in
• toss up
• toss and turn
• tosticated

Translations

Anagrams

• OSTs, SSTO, osts, sots

English

Etymology

< Japanese ?? (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.

Noun

tosa (plural tosas)

1. A Japanese breed of fighting dog

Synonyms

• tosa inu (lit. "Tosa dog")

Translations

Anagrams

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, oats, stoa, taos, toas

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

tosa

1. two

Catalan

Etymology

From tondre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?to.z?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?to.za/

Noun

tosa f (plural toses)

1. shearing

2. The time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration.

Synonyms

• (act of shearing): esquilada, xolla

Further reading

• “tosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tosa

1. mole.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t???sa]

Verb

tosa (third person singular past indicative tosaði, third person plural past indicative tosað, supine tosað)

1. to talk, to speak

   tosa tygum enskt? - do you speak English?

Conjugation

See also

• práta
• fortelja
• svara
• spyrja

References

Finnish

Etymology

< Japanese, see English etymology section above

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tos?/, [?t?o?s??]
• Rhymes: -os?
• Syllabification: to?sa

Noun

tosa

1. tosa (Japanese breed of fighting dog)

Declension

Synonyms

• tosa inu

Anagrams

• Atso, osat, osta, otsa, sato, sota, stoa, taos, taso

Italian

Verb

tosa

1. inflection of tosare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Atos, osta

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• toza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toza/

Noun

tosa f (oblique plural tosas, nominative singular tosa, nominative plural tosas)

1. young woman, girl
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Toza, fi·m eu, res faitissa, / Dol ai gran del ven que·us fissa.»

     ‘Girl,’ I said, ‘beautiful thing, I have great concern about the wind which is biting you.’

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (to?a).

Noun

tosa m

1. joy, satisfaction

Declension

Further reading

• “tosa”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley, “t??a”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.

Portuguese

Verb

tosa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tosar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tosar

Noun

tosa f (plural tosas)

1. the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming

Spanish

Verb

tosa

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of toser.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of toser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of toser.