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noun

Toss n.

1.

A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

2.

A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

verb

Toss v. t. (past & past part. tossed, less properly tost; pres. part. tossing)

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.

2.

To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. "He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay."

3.

To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. "We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest."

4.

To agitate; to make restless. "Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent."

5.

Hence, to try; to harass. "Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men."

6.

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

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.

Toss v. i.

1.

To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. "To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain."

2.

To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

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.

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Etymology of 'Toss'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Toss" Quotes from Famous Books

... that, to a superficial view, make up the common life of day by day; we see, surrounding the narrow raft illumined by the flickering light of human comradeship, the dark ocean on whose rolling waves we toss for a brief hour; from the great night without, a chill blast breaks in upon our refuge; all the loneliness of humanity amid hostile forces is concentrated upon the individual soul, which must struggle alone, with what of courage it can command, against the whole weight ...

— Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays • Bertrand Russell

... dinner," Dan called that; and then nothing being forthcoming to toss with—dice or money not being among our permanent property—the eggs were distributed according to the "holding capacity" of the company: one for the missus, two for the Maluka, and half a dozen each for the ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... rake among men is the man who lives in the constant abuse of his reason, so a coquette among women is one who lives in continual misapplication of her beauty. The chief of all whom I have the honour to be acquainted with, is pretty Mrs. Toss: she is ever in practice of something which disfigures her, and takes from her charms; though all she does, tends to a contrary effect. She has naturally a very agreeable voice and utterance, which ...

— The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 • George A. Aitken

... just," she said with an assertive toss of her head, "and, whether I can or not, I'm going," ...

— The Lost Valley • J. M. Walsh

... course, by his wild cattle means the bison, of which he proceeds to give an excellent description. He adds: "They are very fierce, and not a year passes without their killing some savages. When attacked, they catch a man on their horns if they can, toss him in the air, throw him on the ground, then trample him under foot and kill him. If a person fires at them from a distance with either a bow or a gun, he must immediately after the shot throw himself down and hide in ...

— Pioneers in Canada • Sir Harry Johnston

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