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Definition of Toss

1. Noun. The act of flipping a coin.

2. Verb. Throw or toss with a light motion. "The children toss the ball"; "Toss me newspaper"

3. Noun. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team. "The pass was fumbled"

4. Verb. Lightly throw to see which side comes up. "They toss the coin "; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

5. Noun. An abrupt movement. "A toss of his head"

6. Verb. Throw carelessly. "The children toss the ball"; "Chuck the ball"

7. Verb. Move or stir about violently. "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

8. Verb. Throw or cast away. "Put away your worries"

9. Verb. Agitate. "The chefs toss the vegetables"; "Toss the salad"

Definition of Toss

1. v. t. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

2. v. i. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

3. n. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

Definition of Toss

1. Noun. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket football) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. ¹

3. Noun. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'. ¹

4. Verb. To throw with an initial upward direction. ¹

5. Verb. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention. ¹

6. Verb. To discard: to toss out ¹

7. Verb. To stir or mix (a salad). ¹

8. Verb. (British vulgar slang) To masturbate ¹

9. Verb. (transitive informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toss

1. to throw lightly [v TOSSED or TOST, TOSSING, TOSSES]

Medical Definition of Toss

1. 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. "He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay." (Addison) 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. "We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat." (act xxvii. 18) 4. To agitate; to make restless. "Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent." (Milton) 5. Hence, to try; to harass. "Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men." (Herbert) 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. To toss off, to drink hastily. To toss the cars.See Oar. Origin: W. Tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toss

tosheroons toshers toshes toshier toshiest toshing toshiver toshiyori toshiyori-kabu toshy

tosing tositumomab toslive tosliver tospovirus toss-up toss-up question toss-ups toss a bone to toss and turn

toss around toss away toss back toss bombing toss caution to the wind toss in toss juggling toss one's cookies

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