retoss

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ toss.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒs

Verb

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

1. To toss again; to throw back.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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.

Anagrams

• RTOSes, Restos, Sostre, restos, rosest, rosets, sorest, sortes, stores, torses, tosser, tsores