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verb (used with object)
1.
to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket.
2.
to throw or send from one to another, as in play: to toss a ball.
3.
to throw or pitch with irregular or careless motions; fling or jerk about: The ship was tossed by waves.
4.
to agitate, disturb, or disquiet.
5.
EXPANDto throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly: She tossed her head disdainfully.
6.
to speak or express in a sudden offhand manner; interject: He tossed jokes into their serious discussion.
7.
to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes followed by up).
8.
to toss a coin with (someone).
9.
COLLAPSEto stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing.
verb (used without object)
10.
to pitch, rock, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea or a flag or plumes in the breeze.
11.
to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, especially on a bed or couch: to toss in one's sleep.
12.
to throw something.
13.
to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes followed by up).
14.
to go with a fling of the body: to toss out of a room in a fit of anger.
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Tossing
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noun
Verb phrases15.
an act or instance of tossing.
16.
a pitching about or up and down.
17.
a throw or pitch.
18.
tossup (def. 1).
19.
EXPANDthe distance to which something is or may be thrown.
21.
toss off,
a.
to accomplish quickly or easily.
b.
to consume rapidly, especially to drink something up in one swallow: He tossed off a cocktail before dinner.
c.
British Slang. to masturbate.
22.
Idiomtoss up, Informal. to vomit.
23.
Origin:
1595–1605; origin uncertain
1595–1605; origin uncertain
Related forms
toss·er, noun
toss·ing·ly, adverb
un·tossed, adjective
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
toss
1506, possibly from a Scand. source (cf. dialectal Norw. tossa "to strew, spread"). Food preparation sense (with ref. to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning "an act of throwing" is first recorded 1660. Tosspot "heavy drinker" is from 1568. Toss-up "even matter" first recorded 1809,
EXPAND from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c.1700). Tosser as a term of contempt in British slang is recorded from 1977, probably from slang toss off "masturbate" (1969); cf. jerk (n.).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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