Toss
Definition of Toss
v. t. | 1. | To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. | | 2. | To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. | | 3. | To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. | | 4. | To agitate; to make restless. | | 5. | Hence, to try; to harass. | | 6. | To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.To toss the cars | See under Oar, n. |
| v. i. | 1. | To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. | | 2. | To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. | 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. |
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