toss

Plural: tosses

Noun

• the act of flipping a coin
• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
• an abrupt movement
  • "a toss of his head"
• A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
• The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
• A haughty throwing up of the head.
• Concern or consideration.
• A state of agitation; commotion.
• A measure of sprats.
• A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
• Nonsense; drivel.
• An act of masturbation.

Verb

Verb Forms: tossed, tost, tossing, tosses

• To throw something lightly or casually.
• throw or toss with a light motion
  • "toss me newspaper"
• lightly throw to see which side comes up
• throw carelessly
• move or stir about violently
• throw or cast away
• agitate
  • "toss the salad"
• To throw with an initial upward direction.
• To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
• To agitate; to make restless.
• To subject to trials; to harass.
• To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
• To discard; to throw away.
• To stir or mix (a salad).
• To masturbate.
• To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
• To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
• To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
• To keep in play; to tumble over.
• To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
• To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
• To vomit.

Examples

• He decided to TOSS a few low-value tiles, hoping for a better rack in Scrabble.
• I don't give a toss about her.
• I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
• I'll toss you for it.
• to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
• to toss the head
• Toss it over here!
• tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
• We should toss for it.

Synonyms

cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck, chuck out, convulse, discard, dispose, fling, flip, jactitate, pass, pitch, put away, sky, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, throw away, throw out, toss away, toss out, bait, barf, bash one out, bate, be sick, beat it, beat off, beleaguer, beset, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, bork, bow down before the porcelain god, bucket about, bung, cast, cast up one's accounts, chuck up, chug, chunder, chunk, cook, crank one out, dash, disgorge, drink, drive the porcelain bus, dump, erupt, fap, feck, frig, gag, get sick, guzzle, heave, hield, honk, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, hydrate, imbibe, jack it, jack off, jerk, jerk it, jerk off, jork it, knock one out, launch, launch one's lunch, lob, lose one's lunch, mastuprate, masturbate, peck, peg, perturb, pester, pick, play pocket pool, play with oneself, pleasure oneself, pray to the porcelain god, precipitate, project, provoke, puke, puke up, purge, quoit, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, rub one out, self-abuse, self-pollute, service oneself, shoot the cat, shy, sick, sick up, skeet, skew, slight, sling, spew, talk to God on the big white telephone, talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, thrill, throw, throw up, toss, toss off, toss one's cookies, touch oneself, traject, upchuck, uptoss, vex, vomit, wank, wank off, warp, welter, wet one's beak, wet one's whistle, whack off, whang, whip, whoops, whop, wing, woof one's cookies, worship the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess, yak

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