tosspot

noun

ˈtȯs-ˌpät How to pronounce tosspot (audio)
Definition of tosspotnext
as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk a bar filled with the same old tosspots night after night

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Recent Examples of tosspot Marian Ryan’s longtime tosspot trooper pal spent the afternoon at a bar, got in his car and killed somebody and was off the job at her office for eight months. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tosspot
  1. alcoholic
  2. drunk
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  • Premiering in 2013, Faris starred in the first seven seasons of Mom as Christy, a recovering alcoholic who struggles to maintain a job, her family and her sobriety as her mom Bonnie (Allison Janney), who’s also in recovery, moves in with her.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The answers to these questions are very important to our community of addicts and alcoholics, both in and out of recovery.
    — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of alcoholic
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  • Advertisement Amid efforts by both campaigns to push policy ideas like tax cuts and education reform, the ad war has boiled down to attacks portraying Ramaswamy as a conman and Acton as a drunk.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The drunk-and-disorderly charge is linked to a December incident, in which Minton is accused of shouting and cursing at patrons of a tattoo studio in Hickory, court records show.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of drunk

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“Tosspot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tosspot. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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