Definitions of toss [ɔs, tɒs]

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Definition of 'toss'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) toss
to throw, pitch, or fling, esp. to throw lightly or carelessly.

2.  toss
to throw or send from one to another, as in play:
to toss a ball.

3.  toss
to pitch with irregular or careless motions; jerk about.

4.  toss
to agitate, disturb, or disquiet.

5.  toss
to throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly, as the head.

6.  toss
to interject (a remark, comment, etc.) in a sudden, offhand manner.

7.  toss
to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes fol. by up).

8.  toss
to toss a coin with (someone).

9.  toss
to stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing.

10. (v.i.) toss
to pitch, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea.

11.  toss
to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, esp. on a bed or couch.

12.  toss
to throw something.

13.  toss
to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes fol. by up).

14.  toss
to go with a fling of the body.

15.  toss
toss off,

16.  toss
to accomplish quickly or easily.

17.  toss
to consume rapidly, esp. to drink up in one swallow.

18. (n.) toss
an act or instance of tossing.

19.  toss
a pitching about or up and down.

20.  toss
a throw or pitch.

21.  toss
a sudden fling or jerk, esp. of the head.

Etymology: (1595–1605; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'toss'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flip, toss
the act of flipping a coin

2. (noun) pass, toss, flip
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled"

3. (verb) toss
an abrupt movement
"a toss of his head"

4. (verb) flip, toss, sky, pitch
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

5. (verb) flip, toss
lightly throw to see which side comes up
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

6. (verb) chuck, toss
throw carelessly
"chuck the ball"

7. (verb) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

8. (verb) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
throw or cast away
"Put away your worries"

9. (verb) toss
agitate
"toss the salad"

Definition of 'toss'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) toss
to throw sth carelessly
Just toss the bags in the back of the car.

Definition of 'toss'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) toss
a throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball

2. (noun) toss
a throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk

3. (verb) toss
to throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball

4. (verb) toss
to lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head

5. (verb) toss
to cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm

6. (verb) toss
to agitate; to make restless

7. (verb) toss
hence, to try; to harass

8. (verb) toss
to keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar

9. (verb) toss
to roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling

10. (verb) toss
to be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean

Translation of 'toss'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to throw into or through the air She tossed the ball up into the air.
Afrikaans: opgooi, in die lug gooi	Arabic: يَقْذِف	Bulgarian: хвърлям (се)
Brazilian: atirar ao ar	Czech: vyhodit	German: werfen
Danish: kaste; smide	Greek: πετώ ψηλά, ρίχνω, τινάζω	Spanish: arrojar, tirar, lanzar
Estonian: õhku viskama	Farsi: پرت کردن	Finnish: heittää
French: lancer	Hebrew: לִזרוֹק	Hindi: उछालना
Croatian: baciti (u zrak), zavitlat	Hungarian: dob; lök	Indonesian: melambungkan
Icelandic: kasta	Italian: lanciare	Japanese: 投げる
Korean: 던져 올리다	Lithuanian: mesti, sviesti	Latvian: mest/sviest augšup
Malay: melambung	Dutch: omhooggooien	Norwegian: kaste, hive, slenge
Polish: rzucać	Persian: پرت کردن	Pashto: غورځول، اچول، ارتول ( لكه
Portuguese: atirar ao ar	Romanian: a arunca	Russian: подбрасывать
Slovak: vyhodiť	Slovenian: zagnati	Serbian: baciti
Swedish: kasta, slänga	Thai: โยน	Turkish: havaya atmak/fırlatmak
Taiwanese: 扔，擲	Ukrainian: кидати; підкидати	Urdu: ہوا ميں اچھالنا
Vietnamese: tung	Chinese: 扔，掷
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