About The Word Toss
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Toss
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What's The Definition Of Toss?
[n] (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
[n] the act of flipping a coin [v] agitate; "toss the salad" [v] throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [v] throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [v] move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [v] lightly throw to see which side comes up, as of coins; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [v] throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" Synonyms | Synonyms for Toss: cast aside | cast away | cast out | chuck | chuck out | convulse | discard | dispose | fling | flip | flip | flip | jactitate | pass | pitch | put away | sky | slash | thrash | thrash about | thresh | thresh about | throw away | throw out | toss away | toss out Related Terms | Find terms related to Toss: See Also | abandon | agitate | agitate | amalgamate | centering | close out | commix | commove | de-access | deep-six | disturb | dump | fling | get rid of | give it the deep six | jettison | junk | lag | liquidize | mingle | mix | pension off | raise up | remove | retire | scrap | sell off | sell out | sell up | shake | shake up | snap | stir up | submarine | throw | throw | throw back | toss back | trash | tumble | turn | unify | unlearn | vex | waste | whip Toss In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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. [Obs.] --Ascham.
{To toss off}, to drink hastily.
{To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.
\Toss\, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. --Tillotson. 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. {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. \Toss\, n. 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. --Swift. |
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