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tosser en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From toss + -er. In the British slang senses, toss refers specifically to the masturbate meaning.

Meanings

  1. One who tosses or throws something.
    • He had difficulty in locating the plate and when he did so one of his outfielders had a merry chase following the leather from the bat of a company tosser. 1919, The Weekly Underwriter, volume 100, page 931:
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A person who masturbates.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive, slang) An objectionable person, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.
    • That bloke who ripped me off was a right tosser.
  4. A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.
    • Does anyone have a mail tosser that will work with The Major BBS V6.2? 1995, sysop, “Mail Tosser”, in comp.bbs.majorbbs (Usenet):
    • FIDOGATE is a Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser. 2000, freshd, “FidoGate 4.4.1 - A Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser.”, in fm.announce (Usenet):

Forms

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Deriveds

cup-tosser · torso tosser · coin-tosser · leaftosser · tosserish · wine tosser

Relateds

tosspot · wanker

Synonyms

pole stroker (idiot) · masturbator (person who wanks) · fingerer (person who wanks) · jerkoff (idiot) · wanker (person who wanks) · wanker (idiot) · fuckwit (idiot) · knobhead (idiot) · pickle tickler (person who wanks) · onanist (person who wanks) · bawbag (idiot) · tosspot (idiot) · jerk (idiot) · knobber (idiot) · jerkoff (person who wanks)