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English
Etymology
From toss + -er. In the British slang senses, toss refers specifically to the masturbate meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
tosser (plural tossers)
- One who tosses or throws something.
1919, The Weekly Underwriter, volume 100, page 931: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.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, derogatory, vulgar) A male who masturbates.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, slang) An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.
That bloke who ripped me off was a right tosser.
- (computing) A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.
1995, sysop, “Mail Tosser”, in comp.bbs.majorbbs (Usenet):Does anyone have a mail tosser that will work with The Major BBS V6.2?
2000, freshd, “FidoGate 4.4.1 - A Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser.”, in fm.announce (Usenet):FIDOGATE is a Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser.
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- RTOSes, Restos, Sostre, restos, retoss, rosest, rosets, sorest, sortes, stores, torses, tsores
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tosser f
- indefinite plural of tosse