toss n
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" v
4. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, sky, pitch]
5. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip]
6. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck]
7. move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate]
8. 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]
9. agitate; "toss the salad"

Toss \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. --Swift.

Toss \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 enreges our pain. --Tillotson.
2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. 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. --Bramsion.

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