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Toss

noun
Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.nounA throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
2.nounThe coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
3.nounA haughty throwing up of the head.
4.noun(British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
"I couldn't give a toss about her."
5.noun(British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
6.nounA measure of sprats.
7.verbTo throw with an initial upward direction.
"Toss it over here!"
8.verbTo lift with a sudden or violent motion.
"to toss the head"
9.verbTo agitate; to make restless.
10.verbTo subject to trials; to harass.
11.verbTo flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
"I'll toss you for it."
12.verbTo discard: to toss out
"I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."
13.verbTo stir or mix (a salad).
"to toss a salad; a tossed salad."
14.verb(British slang) To masturbate
15.verbTo search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
""Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for.""
16.verbTo roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
"tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"
17.verbTo be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
18.verbTo keep in play; to tumble over.
"to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"
19.verbTo peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
20.verb(British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

Synonyms

flingthrash aboutthrashflipthrow outtoss outthrow awaychuck outdiscardconvulsecast asidecast away

Rhymes With

crossglossposdrossalbatrossmossembossfoss
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