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1 : a tall broad-leaved herb related to the potato; also : its leaves prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff

2 : manufactured tobacco products; also : smoking as a practice

to·bac·co·nist noun : a dealer in tobacco

To·bi·as noun : TOBIT

To·bit noun : a book in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha

1toboggan noun : a long flat-bottomed light sled made of thin boards curved up at one end

2toboggan verb 1 : to coast on or as if on a toboggan

2 : to decline suddenly (as in value)

— to·bog·gan·er noun

toc·sin noun 1 : an alarm bell

2 : a warning signal

1today adverb 1 : on or for this day

2 : at the present time

Synonyms

anymore, now, nowadays, presently, right now—more at NOW

2today noun : the present day, time, or age

Synonyms

moment, now, present—more at PRESENT

tod·dle verb tod·dled; tod·dling : to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child

— toddle noun

— tod·dler noun

tod·dy noun, plural toddies [ORIGIN: Hindi & Urdu tāṛī juice of a palm, fr. tāṛ a palm, fr. Skt tāla]

: a drink made of liquor, sugar, spices, and hot water

to–do noun, plural to–dos : excited and usu. exaggerated stir : BUSTLE, FUSS

1toe noun 1 : one of the jointed parts of the front end of the vertebrate foot

2 : the front part of a foot or hoof

2toe verb toed; toe·ing : to touch, reach, or drive with the toes

toe·hold noun 1 : a place of support for the toes

2 : a slight footing

toe·nail noun : a nail of a toe

tof·fee or tof·fy noun, plural toffees or toffies : candy of brittle but tender texture made by boiling sugar and butter together

to·fu noun [ORIGIN: Jp tōfu]

: a soft white food product made from soybeans

tog verb togged; tog·ging : to put togs on : DRESS

to·ga noun : the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome

— to·gaed adjective

1together adverb 1 : in or into one place or group

2 : in or into contact or association

3 : at one time : SIMULTANEOUSLY

4 : in succession

5 : in or into harmony or coherence

6 : as a group : JOINTLY

— to·geth·er·ness noun

2together adjective : composed in mind or manner

tog·gery noun : CLOTHING

tog·gle verb : to switch between two options esp. of an electronic device

tog·gle switch noun : an electric switch operated by pushing a projecting lever through a small arc

To·go·lese noun : a native or inhabitant of Togo

— Togolese adjective

togs noun plural : CLOTHING; especially : clothes for a specified use

1toil noun 1 : laborious effort

2 : long fatiguing labor : DRUDGERY

— toil·ful adjective

Synonyms

drudgery, grind, labor, slavery, sweat, travail; also effort, exertion, pains, struggle, trouble; chore, duty, job, obligation, responsibility; routine, tedium, treadmill

Antonyms

fun, play

2toil verb [ORIGIN: ME, to argue, struggle, fr. AF toiller to make dirty, fight, wrangle, fr. L tudiculare to crush, grind, fr. tudicula machine for crushing olives, dim. of tudes hammer]

1 : to work hard and long

2 : to proceed with great effort : PLOD

Synonyms

drudge, fag, grub, labor, slave, sweat, travail; also drive, endeavor, strain, strive, struggle; hammer, hump, hustle, peg (away), plod, plow (away), plug (away), slog

3toil noun [ORIGIN: ME toile cloth, net, fr. OF teile, fr. L tela cloth on a loom]

: NET, TRAP — usu. used in pl.

toil·er noun : one that toils

Synonyms

drudge, fag, peon, slave, worker—more at SLAVE

toi·let noun 1 : the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself

2 : a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste : BATHROOM

3 : a fixture for use in urinating and defecating; especially : one consisting essentially of a water-flushed bowl and seat

— toilet verb

Synonyms

bathroom, lavatory; also commode; outhouse, privy

toi·let·ry noun, plural -ries : an article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself — usu. used in pl.