The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toss \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. ]
To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
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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.
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To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest.
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To agitate; to make restless.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
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Hence, to try; to harass.
Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
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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 accomplish easily or quickly.
to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a comment.
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to masturbate; -- British slang.
To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.