tossed
Because it is a word with a single syllable, tossed is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftossed
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
Example: "Toss it over here!"
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
Example: "to toss the head"
- To agitate; to make restless.
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
Example: "I'll toss you for it."
- To discard: to toss out
Example: "I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."
- To stir or mix (a salad).
Example: "to toss a salad; a tossed salad."
- (British slang) To masturbate
- To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
Example: ""Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for.""
- To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
Example: "tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"
- To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- To keep in play; to tumble over.
Example: "to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"
- To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
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