Definition of toss Toss
/tɔˈs/ - [tos] - toss
We found 30 definitions of toss from 5 different sources.
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What does toss mean?
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NounPlural: tosses |
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| toss - an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" | ||
| motility, move, motion, movement ability to move spontaneously and independently | ||
| toss - (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" | ||
| pass, flip | ||
| throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" | ||
| athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
| toss - the act of flipping a coin | ||
| flip | ||
| throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" | ||
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| toss - agitate; "toss the salad" | ||
| raise up, commove, stir up, disturb, vex, agitate, shake up damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| tumble do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully | ||
| toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | ||
| get rid of, remove dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | ||
| give it the deep six, deep-six throw from a boat | ||
| jettison throw as from an airplane | ||
| junk, trash, scrap dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" | ||
| waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| dump drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| abandon stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
| sell up, liquidize, sell out give information that compromises others | ||
| de-access dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" | ||
| close out terminate; "We closed out our account" | ||
| toss - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" | ||
| flip, sky, pitch | ||
| fling throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee" | ||
| submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies" | ||
| lag cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes" | ||
| throw back, toss back throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head" | ||
| toss - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" | ||
| convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate | ||
| agitate, shake change the arrangement or position of | ||
| whip strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" | ||
| toss - lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" | ||
| flip | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| toss - throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" | ||
| chuck | ||
| throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- toss (Noun)
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc. , with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. - toss (Noun)
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. - toss (Noun)
A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'. - toss (Verb)
To throw with an initial upward direction. - toss (Verb)
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention. - toss (Verb)
To discard: to toss out . - toss (Verb)
To stir or mix a salad. - toss (Verb)
To masturbate. - toss (Verb)
To search a room or a cell, sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- toss (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. - toss (v. t.)
To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. - toss (v. t.)
To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. - toss (v. t.)
To agitate; to make restless. - toss (v. t.)
Hence, to try; to harass. - toss (v. t.)
To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. - toss (v. i.)
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. - toss (v. i.)
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. - toss (n.)
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. - toss (n.)
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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toss
tos, v.t. to throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and fall: to make restless: to agitate, pass from one to another: to toss up with: to drink off: to dress out smartly.—v.i. to be tossed: to be in violent commotion: to tumble about: to fling.—n. act of throwing upward: a throwing up of the head: confusion, commotion: a toss-up.—v.t. Toss′en (Spens.), to toss, to brandish.—n. Toss′er.—adv. Toss′ily, pertly.—ns. Toss′ing, the act of tossing or throwing upward: (B.) violent commotion: (mining) process of washing ores; Toss′-pot (Shak.), a toper, a drunkard; Toss′-up, the throwing up of a coin to decide anything: an even chance or hazard.—adj. Toss′y, pert, contemptuous.—Toss off, to drink off; Toss up, to throw up a coin and wager on which side it will fall. [Celt., as W. tosio, to jerk, tos, a quick jerk.]
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