retoss

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verb

To toss again; to throw back.

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Meanings

verbretoss (third-person singular simple present retosses, present participle retossing, simple past and past participle retossed)

present singular third person retosses · participle present retossing · participle past retossed · past retossed

  1. To toss again; to throw back.

    Compare unto him the vulgar troupes of our men, stupide, base, servile, wavering, and continually floting on the tempestuous ocean of divers passions which tosse and retosse the same, wholy depending of others.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

From re- + toss.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with retoss

lossacrosscrosslososbossrossdoscosmossglossossjossflossfossKinrossVosspossembossdossfossedrosscosssoss
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Anagrams

tossersortesSostre
Cite this entry
APA

retoss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retoss

MLA

“retoss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retoss. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retoss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retoss.

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