toss
IPA: tˈɔs
noun
- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- (cricket, soccer) 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.
- (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- (British slang, chiefly in the negative) concern or consideration.
- (Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
verb
- 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.
- (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (British slang) To masturbate
- (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
- (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
- (slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
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Examples of "toss" in Sentences
- I tossed the bag gently in the air.
- The player tosses the provided coin.
- In overtime the Falcons won the coin toss.
- Exasperated, Vicki gladly tosses in the towel.
- The soccer game starts with the toss of the coin.
- Doesn't the winner of the coin toss usually defer
- But he then relents and tosses the ax into the ocean.
- Drain and toss with the remainder of the peanut paste.
- Tossing the bouquet is not the common practice for the bride.
- In the end, House tosses the unopened envelope into the trash.
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