Meaning and Origin
What does the name Tosh mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from New Zealand says the name Tosh means "Son of the Cheif".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Tosh is of Hebrew origin and means "Soldier of God".
Etymology: Cf. OF. tonce shorn clipped, and E. tonsure
- Pretentious or silly talk or writing
From 19th-century British thieves cant, of uncertain origin. Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th century.
- (Britain, obsolete slang, uncountable) Copper; items made of copper
- (chiefly Britain, uncommon slang, uncountable) Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains
- (chiefly Britain, slang, uncountable) Rubbish, trash, (now) especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash
- , J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv
- ‘Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders. Brought yeh ter this lot...’
- ‘Load of old ,’ said Uncle Vernon.
- , J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv
- (Britain, archaic school slang, countable) A bath or foot pan
- (cricket, slang, pejorative, uncountable) Easy bowling
- (Britain, humorous slang, uncountable) Used as a form of address.
Compare Old French tonce (“shorn, clipped”) and English tonsure.
From 19th-century British slang tosheroon, from or alongside tusheroon, of uncertain derivation from British slang caroon (“crown, a 5-shilling silver coin”), from Sabir and (originally) Italian corona (“crown”). The term was either derived from or influenced by madza caroon, the British slang for the Sabir and Italian mezzo corona (“half-crown”), possibly under influence from tosh ("copper items; valuables") above or from the half-crown's value of two shillings, sixpence.
- (Britain, obsolete slang, countable) A half-crown coin; its value
- , J. Maclaren-Ross, Doomsday Book, i. v. 63
- Here's a to buy yourself some beer.
- , J. Maclaren-Ross, Doomsday Book, i. v. 63
- (Britain, obsolete slang, countable) A crown coin; its value
- (Britain, archaic slang, uncountable) Any money, particularly pre-decimalization British coinage
tosh was also found in the following language(s): Uzbek