The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toss \Toss\, v. i.
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To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain.
--Tillotson. -
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.
Usage examples of "to toss up".
If we can find something for an assistant to toss up, could you smash that with your carbine?
She had always, from the first moment he'd met her, been perfectly willing to toss up her skirts and throw a leg around him, a habit quite appealing in a person with whom one planned to spend the rest of one's life.