uptoss

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English

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Etymology

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From up- +‎ toss.

Verb

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uptoss (third-person singular simple present uptosses, present participle uptossing, simple past and past participle uptossed)

  1. (transitive) To toss up.
    • 1888, Virgil's Æneid:
      [] and brasses reflective Gleam in the sun, and away to the clouds uptoss the refulgence: []
  2. (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

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uptoss (plural uptosses)

  1. 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.
  2. That which is tossed up. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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