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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒs|-ɒs

Noun

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction (often implying a lack of care.)
The toss of a coin before a cricket, football etc. match

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Verb

To throw with an initial upward direction.
To flip a coin.
To discard.
To stir or mix (used only for salad).
{{context|UK|vulgar|slang}} To masturbate

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed ; (less properly
Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to
jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
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.
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2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as,
to toss the head.
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He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay. --Addison.
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3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
in a storm.
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We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act
xxvii. 18.
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4. To agitate; to make restless.
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Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
--Milton.
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5. Hence, to try; to harass.
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Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
--Herbert.
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6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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To toss off,
(a) to drink hastily.
(b) to accomplish easily or quickly.
(c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a
comment.
(d) to masturbate; -- British slang.

To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toss \Toss\, v. i.
1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write;
to fling.
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To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets
and enrages our pain. --Tillotson.
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2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak.
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To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the
possession of; to gamble for.

To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on
which side it will fall, or determine a question by its
fall. --Bramsion.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Toss \Toss\, n.
1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as,
the toss of a ball.
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2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising
the head with a jerk. --Swift.
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WordNet toss
n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip]
2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, flip]
3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, sky, pitch]
2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip]
3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck]
4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, {thresh
about}, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate]
5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, {cast
aside}, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
6: agitate; "toss the salad"

Moby Dictionary
agitate , agonize , be poised , billow , blind bargain , blunder , bob ,
bobble , bowl , break , bung , call , careen , career , cast , cast at ,
cast lots , catapult , chance at odds , change of pace , change-up ,
chuck , chuck at , chunk , clap , coggle , comb , crash , curve , cut lots ,
cut the cards , dangle , dart , dash , downcurve , draw lots ,
draw straws , ebb and flow , even break , even chance , fair shake ,
falter , fastball , fidget , fifty-fifty , fire , fire at , fling ,
fling at , flip , flip out , flounce , flounder , fluctuate , flutter ,
fork , forward pass , freak out on , gamble , gambling chance , game ,
get high on , glow , go pitapat , half a chance , have the fidgets ,
have the shakes , heave , heave at , hobbyhorse , hurl , hurl against ,
hurl at , hurtle , imbibe , incurve , jerk , jiggle , joggle ,
knuckleball , labor , lance , lash , lateral , lateral pass , launch ,
let fly , let fly at , librate , lift , lob , look all over ,
look everywhere , lot , lurch , make heavy weather , match coins ,
matter of chance , nutate , odds , oscillate , outcurve , palpitate ,
pant , pass , peak , peg , pelt , pendulate , pitch , pitch and plunge ,
pitch and toss , pitchfork , plank , play , play at dice ,
play the ponies , plop , plump , plunge , plunk , popple , potluck ,
potshot , pound , propel , put , put the shot , quaff , quake , quaver ,
quiver , raffle off , rake , random shot , ransack , rear , reel ,
resonate , rifle , rise , rise and fall , rock , roll , rummage , scend ,
scour , screwball , search high heaven , seethe , send , serve , service ,
shake , shake down , shake up , shiver , shoot craps , shot-put , shy ,
shy at , sinker , sip , slap , slider , sling , sling at , smash , snap ,
speculate , spitball , spitter , sport , sporting chance , square odds ,
squirm , stagger , standoff , stir up , struggle , stumble , sup , surge ,
swag , swallow , sway , swell , swell with emotion , swing , thrash ,
thrash about , thrill , thrill to , throb , throw , throw at , thrust ,
tilt , tingle , tingle with excitement , toss and tumble ,
toss and turn , toss at , toss-up , totter , touch and go , tremble ,
tumble , turn inside out , turn on to , turn upside down ,
twist and turn , twitch , twitter , undulate , upcurve , vacillate ,
vibrate , volutation , wag , waggle , wallop , wallow , wave , waver ,
welter , wiggle , wobble , wriggle , writhe , yaw

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