Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which tosses: as, a tosser of balls.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who tosses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, slang, pejorative A male who masturbates.
  • noun UK, slang, pejorative An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.
  • noun One who tosses or throws something.
  • noun computing A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun terms of abuse for a masturbator
  • noun someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)

Etymologies

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to toss + -er. In the British slang senses, toss refers specifically to the masturbate meaning.

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Examples

  • IG, shame that this absolute tosser is not revealed to the whole world. on January 8, 2010 at 7: 23 am inspectorgadget

    They Just Don’t Get It. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • A tosser is man learned and skilled in the ways of Onan and a mockney acent is a cockney ccent affected by a middle class person.

    Cruel and Unusual Newmania 2007

  • Yahoo’s widget site, including a bulk coin tosser and one that tracks the price of gold every 30 minutes.

    Internet News: Yahoo Widgets 2006

  • "Do you think there is any semantic difference between the words 'tosser' and 'wanker'?"

    A rose by any other name... StyleyGeek 2009

  • "Do you think there is any semantic difference between the words 'tosser' and 'wanker'?"

    Archive 2009-01-01 StyleyGeek 2009

  • At the time, the Conservative Party came under criticism for it mainly because it used the word "tosser" and was apparently insulting to people.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • What kind of tosser does that—drop chewing-gum on a shop floor?

    The Devil's Kitchen 2005

  • What kind of tosser does that—drop chewing-gum on a shop floor?

    Archive 2005-12-01 2005

  • The "tosser" has one or two accomplices who win the first money to excite the crowd or again to increase their waning energy.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • The "tosser" shuffles again, the man wins and puts many silver dollars in his pocket.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

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