'Toss' definitions:

Definition of 'toss'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss]
noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip]
noun
An abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
verb
Throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
verb
Lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss]
verb
Throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
verb
Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate]
verb
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away]
verb
Agitate; "toss the salad"

Definition of 'Toss'

From: GCIDE
  • Toss \Toss\, n.
  • 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Toss'

From: GCIDE
  • Toss \Toss\, v. i.
  • 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. [1913 Webster]
  • To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Toss'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. [1913 Webster]
  • He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. [1913 Webster]
  • We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act xxvii. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To agitate; to make restless. [1913 Webster]
  • Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to try; to harass. [1913 Webster]
  • Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'toss'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Toss'