toss
v.
throw, fling, pitch; roll, rock
n.
throw, pitch; flipping of a coin to decide a matter
Töss
Tossing
toss
Noun
1. the act of flipping a coin
(synonym) flip
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) flip
2. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
(synonym) pass, flip
(hypernym) throw
(hyponym) centering, snap
(derivation) chuck
(classification) sport, athletics
3. an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(derivation) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate
Verb
1. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
(synonym) flip, sky, pitch
(hypernym) fling
(hyponym) submarine
(derivation) pass, flip
2. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
(synonym) flip
(hypernym) turn
(derivation) flip
3. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"
(synonym) chuck
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) pass, flip
4. move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
(synonym) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate
(hypernym) shake, agitate
(hyponym) whip
5. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
(synonym) discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
(hypernym) get rid of, remove
(hyponym) unlearn
6. agitate; "toss the salad"
(hypernym) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(hyponym) tumble
(entail) mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
toss (de)
n.
toss, toss up, tossing, sortition
Toss
(v. t.)
To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
(v. t.)
To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
(v. t.)
To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
(v. t.)
To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
(v. t.)
To agitate; to make restless.
(v. t.)
Hence, to try; to harass.
(v. i.)
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
(v. i.)
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
(n.)
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
(n.)
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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