1. [n]  (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
2. [n]  the act of flipping a coin
3. [v]  agitate; "toss the salad"
4. [v]  throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
5. [v]  throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"
6. [v]  move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
7. [v]  lightly throw to see which side comes up, as of coins; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
8. [v]  throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

1. \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tossed} ; (less properly
   {Tost} ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tossing}.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to
   jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
   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.
            He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He
            would not stay.                       --Addison.
   3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
      in a storm.
            We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. --Act
                                                  xxvii. 18.
   4. To agitate; to make restless.
            Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and
            turbulent.                            --Milton.
   5. Hence, to try; to harass.
            Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
                                                  --Herbert.
   6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
      in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
   {To toss off}, to drink hastily.
   {To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \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.
   

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