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tossable en · ADJ

Etymology

From toss + -able.

Meanings

1. Suitable for being tossed or thrown.
   • For Toss It, I use a ball that looks like a globe, but any soft tossable item will work. 2001, Instructor, volume 111:
2. Suitable for throwing away; disposable.
   • CDs seem so tiny to me, so dispensable and exchangeable, so tossable and tradable, like a baseball card or something. 2004, William C. Banfield, Black notes: essays of a musician writing in a post-album age:
3. Nimble, maneuverable, responding quickly to steering input.
   • But both those cars are nippy, fun, willing, cinched-down, pretty tossable little cars. 2013, Wall Street Journal, "Nissan Versa Note Isn't Worth the Cost at Any Price" (October 4, 2013)

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