Dictionary Definition
toss
Noun
1 the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip]
2 (sports) the act of throwing the ball to
another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, flip]
3 an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
Verb
1 throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the
beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, sky, pitch]
2 lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I
don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip]
3 throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn:
chuck]
4 move or stir about violently; "The feverish
patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash,
thrash
about, slash, jactitate]
5 throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
[syn: discard, fling, toss out,
toss
away, chuck out,
cast
aside, dispose,
throw
out, cast out,
throw
away, cast away,
put
away]
6 agitate; "toss the salad"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒs
Noun
Translations
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc.
- Hebrew:
The toss of a coin before a cricket, football
etc. match
- Hebrew:
Verb
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- To flip a coin.
- To discard.
- To stir or mix (used only for salad).
- In the context of "UK|vulgar|slang": To masturbate
Translations
To throw with an initial upward direction
- Hebrew: ,
To flip a coin.
- Hebrew:
To discard
- Hebrew:
To stir or mix (used only for salad)
See also
Extensive Definition
Toss, Tossed or Tossing may refer to:
- Full toss, cricket delivery
- Toss (cricket)
- Tossed, a song by Frank Black on his eponymous album
- Toss Woollaston
- Töss and Töss (river), in Zürich
- Salad tossing. See Tossed salad
- Tossed (salad bar), a chain of salad bars
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
agitate, agonize, be poised, billow, blind bargain, blunder, bob, bobble, bowl, break, bung, call, careen, career, cast, cast at, cast lots, catapult, chance at odds,
change of pace, change-up, chuck, chuck at, chunk, clap, coggle, comb, crash, curve, cut lots, cut the cards,
dangle, dart, dash, downcurve, draw lots, draw
straws, ebb and flow, even break, even chance, fair shake, falter, fastball, fidget, fifty-fifty, fire, fire at, fling, fling at, flip, flip out, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, fork, forward pass, freak out on,
gamble, gambling chance,
game, get high on, glow, go pitapat, half a chance,
have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, heave at, hobbyhorse, hurl, hurl against, hurl at,
hurtle, imbibe, incurve, jerk, jiggle, joggle, knuckleball, labor, lance, lash, lateral, lateral pass, launch, let fly, let fly at,
librate, lift, lob, look all over, look everywhere,
lot, lurch, make heavy weather, match
coins, matter of chance, nutate, odds, oscillate, outcurve, palpitate, pant, pass, peak, peg, pelt, pendulate, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and
toss, pitchfork,
plank, play, play at dice, play the
ponies, plop, plump, plunge, plunk, popple, potluck, potshot, pound, propel, put, put the shot, quaff, quake, quaver, quiver, raffle off, rake, random shot, ransack, rear, reel, resonate, rifle, rise, rise and fall, rock, roll, rummage, scend, scour, screwball, search high heaven,
seethe, send, serve, service, shake, shake down, shake up,
shiver, shoot craps,
shot-put, shy, shy at,
sinker, sip, slap, slider, sling, sling at, smash, snap, speculate, spitball, spitter, sport, sporting chance, square
odds, squirm, stagger, standoff, stir up, struggle, stumble, sup, surge, swag, swallow, sway, swell, swell with emotion,
swing, thrash, thrash about, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw, throw at, thrust, tilt, tingle, tingle with excitement,
toss and tumble, toss and turn, toss at, toss-up, totter, touch and go, tremble, tumble, turn inside out, turn on
to, turn upside down, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, undulate, upcurve, vacillate, vibrate, volutation, wag, waggle, wallop, wallow, wave, waver, welter, wiggle, wobble, wriggle, writhe, yaw