toss off

verb

tossed off; tossing off; tosses off
1
informal : to produce (something) quickly and without much effort
He tossed off a few lines of poetry.
2
informal : to drink (something) quickly
He tossed off a shot of whiskey.
3
British, informal + impolite : to touch or rub one's own sexual organs for sexual pleasure : to masturbate

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The best part of the recording, though, is hearing the old friends crack each other up in between tossing off casually brilliant takes of a classic in the making. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 Nothing is tossed off with Flowers, and that continues to be true on his latest solo album, Thrasher. — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026 The main way MacLeod stayed afloat through tossing off all this music for free was by developing a tool on his website to generate PDFs of graph paper for free. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026 To get your produce nice and dry before storing it in the fridge, use your trusty salad spinner to toss off any excess moisture. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for toss off

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