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Definition of Toss off

1. Verb. Write quickly. "Did he toss off his major works over a short period of time?"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"

2. Verb. Drink down entirely. "They popped a few beer after work"

Definition of Toss off

1. Verb. To drink up rapidly. ¹

2. Verb. (British vulgar slang) To masturbate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toss Off

tosliver tospovirus toss-up toss-up question toss-ups toss a bone to toss and turn toss around toss away toss back

toss bombing toss caution to the wind toss in toss juggling toss one's cookies toss one's hat in the ring toss one's hat into the ring toss one's name in the hat toss out toss to the wind

toss up tossable tossed tossed and turned tossed around tossed off tossed salad tossel

Literary usage of Toss off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"So let every man toss off a full bumper, Let every man toss off his full bowls; We'll drink and be jolly, and drown melancholy, So here's a good health to ..."

2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"So let every man toss off a full bumper, Let every man toss off his full bowls; We'll drink and be jolly, and drown melancholy, So here's a good health to ..."

3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... We'll never sink or pine ; To each favourite lass, And toss off the mighty wine. But pass the glass THE HUNTSMAN'S WIFE; OR, THE SWEETS OF TALLY-HO ! ..."

4. Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads by James Henry Dixon, Peter Buchan, William Jerdan (1846)
"So let every man toss off a full bumper, Let every man toss off his full bowls; We'll drink and be jolly, and drown melancholy, So here's a good health to ..."

5. Sea Songs and Ballads by Cyprian Bridge (1906)
"So let every man toss off a full bumper, Let every man toss off his full bowls ; We'll drink and be jolly, and drown melancholy: So here's a good health to ..."

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