toss

Meaning of toss

noun
  1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
  2. The 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. A haughty throwing up of the head.
  4. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
    I couldn't give a toss about her.
  5. (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
  6. A measure of sprats.
verb
  1. To throw with an initial upward direction.
    Toss it over here!
  2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
    to toss the head
  3. To agitate; to make restless.
  4. To subject to trials; to harass.
  5. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
    I'll toss you for it.
  6. To discard: to toss out
    I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
  7. To stir or mix (a salad).
    to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
  8. (British slang) To masturbate
  9. To 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."
  10. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
    tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
  11. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
  12. To keep in play; to tumble over.
    to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
  13. To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
  14. (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

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Hyphenation of toss

toss

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • toss is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

toss synonyms

Meaning flip:

flip, sky, pitch

Meaning pass:

pass, flip

Meaning chuck:

chuck

Meaning convulse:

convulse, thresh, thrash, slash, jactitate

Meaning discard:

discard, fling, dispose

Anagrams of toss

sots

Words that rhyme with toss

betoss, retoss, ringtoss, Vitoss, uptoss, Cortoss, Stoss, anstoss, stoss

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