toss up en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- (intransitive) To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
- (intransitive) To throw something upwards.
- (transitive) To produce, generate.
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(Internet, transitive) To post or upload.
Restless in quarantine, she began posting videos on Instagram, one of which got picked up by Barstool, the popular sports blog. […] Then she tossed up a few on TikTok, notably one in which she faux-naively referred to Houston Street in New York, which is pronounced How-ston, as Hew-ston.
2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times:
- (transitive) To cook or prepare something quickly.
- (transitive) To casually mention as an idea.
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(slang) To vomit.
He began to vomit. Retching violently, he tossed up first the swaddled stone that he had eaten in the belief that it was Zeus, and then he vomited up Zeus's elder brothers and sisters […]
1997, Lee Hall, Athena: A Biography, page 15:
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(slang) To beat up, thrash.
He got in a fight last night and got tossed up.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tossed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tossed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tosses up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| tossing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
it tirare a sorte (to make a decision based on chance) · cmn 孤注一掷 (to make a decision based on chance)