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uptoss

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From up- + toss.

verb uptosses · uptossing · uptossed

  1. transitive To toss up. […] and brasses reflective Gleam in the sun, and away to the clouds uptoss the refulgence: […]
  2. intransitive To be tossed up. 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 uptosses

  1. A tossing up. Sometimes its sky line was broken by an uptoss from some one overpowering blast.
  2. That which is tossed up.

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@misc{uptoss_2026,
  title = {uptoss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uptoss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}