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toss
[taws, tos]
verb (used with object)
to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly.
to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket.
to throw or send from one to another, as in play.
to toss a ball.
to throw or pitch with irregular or careless motions; fling or jerk about.
The ship was tossed by waves.
to agitate, disturb, or disquiet.
to throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly.
She tossed her head disdainfully.
to speak or express in a sudden offhand manner; interject.
He tossed jokes into their serious discussion.
to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes followed byup ).
to toss a coin with (someone).
to stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing.
verb (used without object)
to pitch, rock, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea or a flag or plumes in the breeze.
to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, especially on a bed or couch.
to toss in one's sleep.
to throw something.
to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes followed byup ).
to go with a fling of the body.
to toss out of a room in a fit of anger.
noun
an act or instance of tossing.
a pitching about or up and down.
a throw or pitch.
the distance to which something is or may be thrown.
a sudden fling or jerk of the body, especially a quick upward or backward movement of the head.
verb phrase
InformalĢżto vomit.
to accomplish quickly or easily.
to consume rapidly, especially to drink something up in one swallow.
He tossed off a cocktail before dinner.
BritishĢżto masturbate.
toss
/ ³ŁÉ²õ /
verb
(tr) to throw lightly or with a flourish, esp with the palm of the hand upwards
to fling or be flung about, esp constantly or regularly in an agitated or violent way
a ship tosses in a storm
to discuss or put forward for discussion in an informal way
(tr) (of an animal such as a horse) to throw (its rider)
(tr) (of an animal) to butt with the head or the horns and throw into the air
the bull tossed the matador
(tr) to shake, agitate, or disturb
to toss up a coin with (someone) in order to decide or allot something
I'll toss you for it
let's toss for it
(intr) to move away angrily or impatiently
she tossed out of the room
noun
an abrupt movement
a rolling or pitching motion
the act or an instance of tossing
the act of tossing up a coin See toss up
a fall from a horse or other animal
to wrangle or dispute at length
slangĢżto be concerned or interested (esp in the phrase not give a toss )
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- tosser noun
- tossingly adverb
- untossed adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of toss1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of toss1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Because if a nice Mexican such as Alex Padilla could be fed up with hate against us enough to get tossed around by the feds in the name of preserving democracy, anyone can.
If Texas redraws its congressional maps, state officials would then ask the court to toss the claims challenging those districts āthat no longer exist,ā Levitt said.
At home, David would get tossed around in driveway games by the cement contractor father who was twice his size, only to keep getting back up for more contact.
In the five decades following Steven Spielbergās groundbreaking masterpiece, most sharksploitation has been chopped up and diluted into chum, tossed into the water by careless, filmmaking fishermen.
He tossed six innings of two-run ball, giving up six hits, walking none and striking out one.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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