toss up
To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
tossed salad
An act of anilingus.
tot up
To calculate the sum of a number of numbers or quantities.
total
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
total up
To come up with a total for.
tote up
To tally up; to calculate a total.
TOTGA
Acronym of the one that got away.
totting
Collecting rags, bones, or other junk to sell on.
tottyhead
A foolish person.
touch 'em all
To touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.
touch down
To land an aircraft or spacecraft.
touch grass
A way of telling someone to "go outside", usually after said person is believed to have been online for too long. Believed to have originated in 2015, before experiencing a resurgence in 2020–2021.
touch in
to initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader
touch out
To conclude an electronic ticketing process at the end of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader
tough
Used to indicate lack of sympathy
tough as old boots
Very tough; very strong.
tough bananas
Synonym of tough cookies.
tough it out
Synonym of tough out.
tough out
To endure (a hardship or challenge) by being tough: relying on one's toughness.
tough tacos
Synonym of tough cookies.
tough tarts
Synonym of tough cookies.
tough toodles
Too bad (for you); the outcome one desires is not likely to evolve.
tough tushie
get over it; grow up
touhou
A character from the Touhou series.
tourist
An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.
tout suite
Alternative form of tout de suite (anglicized form)
TOW
Initialism of The One with ... or The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends.
towel down
To dry something or someone with a towel.
towel off
To dry (oneself or another person or thing) completely, using a towel.
towel snap
A prank in which somebody twists a damp towel into a whip and snaps it against another person.
tower over
To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over.
towerhead
A fan of the American R&B and funk band Tower of Power.
town bicycle
A woman who is promiscuous.
Town Crow
A Padstonian.
townsizing
A trend where travellers visit smaller, quieter towns and villages rather than the better-known big tourist cities.
toy
To stimulate with a sex toy.
TPLAC
Initialism of tin-pot little African country.
trace down
To track down
trace out
To draw by tracing
track pizza
A person hit by a train after jumping or falling in front of it.
track star
Somebody who is swift or excels in athletic running or in an occupation likened to it.
tractor out
To dismiss (a tenant, etc.) while replacing manual labour with tractors.
trade away
To relinquish, to yield.
trade down
To lose value on the stock exchange.
trade in
To give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.
trade off
To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option.
trade up
To gain value on the stock exchange.
tradfemme
Portmanteau of the words ‘traditional' and 'feminine', most commonly used in online discourse when discussing the traditional cultural ideals of which women should embody, usually used within a western context.
tradthot
A woman whose self-professed support of traditional Western gender roles is viewed as insincere or opportunistic.
tradwife
A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century.
traffic cop
A police officer who enforces traffic laws and manages the traffic.
trail behind
To increase or to succeed at a rate lower than (something else).
trail off
Of a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.
train up
To train or educate.
trainer
A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
tramp juice
Very strong lager or cider.
tramp stamp
A tattoo on a woman's lower back, stereotypically said to label her as promiscuous.
trample out
To make (a path) by trampling on vegetation or the like.
trampoose
To walk laboriously or heavily.
trance out
To go into a trance.