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English
Etymology
From up- + toss.
Verb
uptoss (third-person singular simple present uptosses, present participle uptossing, simple past and past participle uptossed)
- (transitive) To toss up.
1888, Virgil's Æneid:[…] and brasses reflective Gleam in the sun, and away to the clouds uptoss the refulgence: […]
- (intransitive) To be tossed up.
1904, The Century:The boat drew closer and closer, hurling along through the seething green like a thing alive, lifting and sending and uptossing across the huge-backed breakers, or disappearing behind them only to rush into sight again […]
Noun
uptoss (plural uptosses)
- A tossing up.
1917, Collier's: incorporating features of the American magazine:Sometimes its sky line was broken by an uptoss from some one overpowering blast.
1922, Charles Hallock, William A. Bruette, Forest and Stream:You can see even the smallest animals, such as porcupines and ground hogs, over a mile away, and the first step of a bear, or the first uptoss of a deer's head is seen instantly.
- That which is tossed up. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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