toast

Examples

• All

• You can't expect to be the toast of the town after the way you've acted.

  Country Strong (2010)

• His success in capturing light and movement made him immensely popular in the United States, where he was the toast of New York during his first exhibition there in 1909.

  Academic text (2015)

• My magic was the toast of Paris.

  The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

• No, the toast of Washington City.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I'm the toast of the town.

  Julia (1977)

• It made him the toast of the town.

  A Simple Favor (2018)

• Here he is, the toast of Hollywood, Jackie Jason!

  I Married a Strange Person! (1998)

• You'll be the toast of the town.

  Manhattan (1979)

• "She's the toast of the Big Apple."

  Fiction book (2000)

• From New York street performer to the new toast of Europe, the only magician ever to play the famed Paris Opera House.

  The Smurfs 2 (2013)

Synonyms

T

toast of the town

vstoast

• Informal

3 6.3

A person many people in a town or local area admire and like

is celebrated and receives lasting acclaim rather than brief popularity

Antonyms

O

outcast

5 5.1

Not accepted by a group or community

Idioms

T

toast of the town

• Informal

3 6.3

A person many people in a town or local area admire and like

O

on toast

• Informal

1 9.9

In trouble with people because of something someone did

L

like shit on toast

• Offensive

9.9

Something that is very bad and unpleasant

Compounds

F

French toast

43 1.4

Slices of bread dipped in egg and milk then fried and served with syrup

C

cinnamon toast

3 1.0

A slice of bread browned until crisp and topped with butter and cinnamon sugar

M

Melba toast

1 4.8

Very thin crisp slices of toasted bread served with soup or toppings

A

avocado toast

1 2.8

A slice of toasted bread topped with mashed or sliced avocado

A

avocado toast

• Literature

1 5.8

A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems

F

freedom toast

• Formal

8.4

A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start

O

orange toast

5.3

Toasted bread with butter, sugar, and grated orange peel

T

toast mistress

• Formal

8.5

A woman who introduces speakers and keeps a formal event running smoothly

S

shit on toast

• Offensive

9.9

A rude way to say food or other things are very bad

How Celebrated

celebrity

480 2.3

toast

• Informal

21 7.8

public figure

51 3.5

unknown

629 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology