tosh

¹ American  

[tosh] / tɒʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to make neat or tidy.

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adjective

1. neat; tidy.

tosh ² American  

[tosh] / tɒʃ /

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

1. nonsense; bosh.

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tosh British  

/ tɒʃ /

noun

1. slang nonsense; rubbish

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Other Word Forms

• toshly adverb

Etymology

Origin of tosh¹

First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain

Origin of tosh¹

1890–95; perhaps blend of trash + bosh ¹

Example Sentences

Heaton-Harris said a fake report that he had resigned was "complete and utter tosh".

From BBC

The world's richest man replied asking: "What does a tosh look like?"

From BBC

We could just call this an absolute load of utter codswallop and tosh, but let's take a minute and really unpack Graham's sales pitch here.

From Salon

Although it sold 84 million copies in print worldwide, The Da Vinci Code received mixed reviews when it was published in 2003 with Mark Lawson in the Guardian describing it as "irritatingly gripping tosh".

From BBC

TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed it was "the most important expression which the present age has found" but Virginia Woolf described it as "tosh".

From BBC