Toss definition

tôs, tŏs

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tossed tosses tossing

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Toss is defined as to throw lightly, or to mix together ingredients to cover them with salad dressing or a sauce.

An example of to toss is to gently throw a ball onto the grass.

An example of to toss is to mix together salad greens and a dressing.

verb

The definition of a toss is a throw or fling of something, or a flip of a coin.

An example of a toss is a throw of a baseball glove onto the stoop.

An example of a toss is a flip of coin to decide which team goes first.

noun

To mix (food) lightly so as to cover with dressing or sauce.

Toss a salad.

verb

To discuss informally; bandy.

Tossed the idea around.

verb

To throw or propel to the ground.

The horse tossed its rider.

verb

To cause to move from side to side or up and down.

Boats that were tossed by the storm.

verb

To move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion.

verb

To flip (coins) in order to decide an issue.

verb

To flip coins with.

I'll toss you to see who goes first.

verb

To put in a given position, condition, or situation.

Tossed the suspect in jail.

verb

To throw away; discard.

I tossed the newspaper after reading it.

verb

To disqualify or eject.

The starter was tossed for throwing illegal pitches.

verb

To be thrown here and there; be flung to and fro or up and down.

The canoe tossed about on the waves.

verb

To move about restlessly; twist and turn.

Toss in one's sleep.

verb

To flip a coin to decide an issue.

verb

A flipping of a coin to decide an issue.

The home team won the toss and elected to receive.

noun

The act of tossing something.

The toss of a hat.

noun

The distance that something is or can be tossed.

noun

To throw or pitch about; fling here and there; buffet.

A boat tossed by a storm.

verb

To mix lightly the parts or ingredients of (esp. a salad)

verb

To disturb; agitate; disquiet.

verb

To throw (in various senses); specif., to throw upward, lightly and easily, from the hand.

verb

To throw in or bandy (ideas, remarks, etc.)

verb

To lift quickly; jerk upward.

Tossing her head in disdain.

verb

To toss a coin with (someone) for deciding something according to which side will land uppermost.

verb

To get rid of; throw away; discard.

verb

To be flung to and fro; be thrown about or pitched about.

verb

To fling oneself about in sleep, etc.; be restless in bed.

verb

To move or go impatiently, angrily, or disdainfully, as with a toss of the head.

verb

To toss a coin, as in letting chance decide something.

verb

A tossing or being tossed; a throw, fling, pitch, etc.

noun

Toss-up.

noun

The distance that something is or can be tossed.

noun

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

noun

(cricket, soccer) 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.

noun

(UK, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.

I couldn't give a toss about her.

noun

To throw with an initial upward direction.

Toss it over here!

verb

To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

To toss the head.

verb

To agitate; to make restless.

verb

To subject to trials; to harass.

verb

To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

I'll toss you for it.

verb

To discard: to toss out.

I don't need it anymore, you can just toss it.

verb

To stir or mix (a salad).

To toss a salad; a tossed salad.

verb

(UK, vulgar, slang) To masturbate.

verb

(informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."

verb

(intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

Tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep.

verb

(intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

verb

An abrupt upward movement, as of the head.

noun

To throw lightly or casually or with a sudden jerk.

Tossed the shirt on the floor.

verb

To throw or propel upward.

The bull tossed him over the fence.

verb

toss (one's) cookies

To vomit.

idiom

toss off

to make, do, write, etc. quickly, casually, and without effort
to drink up in one draft
to masturbate

idiom

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

toss

Plural:

tosses

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

toss (one's) cookies

toss off

Origin of toss

Middle English tossen possibly of Scandinavian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Toss definition

Other Word Forms

Noun

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of toss

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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