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T0283800 (tôs, tŏs)v. tossed, toss·ing, toss·es v.tr.1. To throw lightly or casually or with a sudden jerk: tossed the shirt on the floor. See Synonyms at throw.2. a. To throw or propel upward: The bull tossed him over the fence.b. To throw or propel to the ground: The horse tossed its rider.c. To cause to move from side to side or up and down: boats that were tossed by the storm.d. To move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion.3. To mix (food) lightly so as to cover with dressing or sauce: toss a salad.4. To discuss informally; bandy: tossed the idea around.5. a. To flip (coins) in order to decide an issue.b. To flip coins with: I'll toss you to see who goes first.6. a. To put in a given position, condition, or situation: tossed the suspect in jail.b. To throw away; discard: I tossed the newspaper after reading it.c. To disqualify or eject: The starter was tossed for throwing illegal pitches.v.intr.1. To be thrown here and there; be flung to and fro or up and down: The canoe tossed about on the waves.2. To move about restlessly; twist and turn: toss in one's sleep.3. To flip a coin to decide an issue.n.1. a. The act of tossing something: the toss of a hat.b. The distance that something is or can be tossed.2. An abrupt upward movement, as of the head.3. A flipping of a coin to decide an issue: The home team won the toss and elected to receive.Phrasal Verbs: toss down Informal To drink in one draft by suddenly tilting. toss off Informal 1. To drink up in one draft.2. To do or finish quickly or casually: tosses off a blog entry every other day.Idiom: toss (one's) cookies To vomit.

[Middle English tossen, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

toss′er n.

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(tɒs) vb1. (tr) to throw lightly or with a flourish, esp with the palm of the hand upwards2. to fling or be flung about, esp constantly or regularly in an agitated or violent way: a ship tosses in a storm. 3. to discuss or put forward for discussion in an informal way4. (tr) (of an animal such as a horse) to throw (its rider)5. (tr) (of an animal) to butt with the head or the horns and throw into the air: the bull tossed the matador. 6. (tr) to shake, agitate, or disturb7. to toss up a coin with (someone) in order to decide or allot something: I'll toss you for it; let's toss for it. 8. (intr) to move away angrily or impatiently: she tossed out of the room. n9. an abrupt movement10. a rolling or pitching motion11. the act or an instance of tossing12. the act of tossing up a coin. See toss up¹13. a fall from a horse or other animal14. argue the toss to wrangle or dispute at length15. give a toss slang to be concerned or interested (esp in the phrase not give a toss)[C16: of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian, Swedish tossa to strew]

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(tɔs, tɒs)
v.t. 1. to throw, pitch, or fling, esp. to throw lightly or carelessly. 2. to throw or send from one to another, as in play: to toss a ball. 3. to pitch with irregular or careless motions; jerk about. 4. to agitate, disturb, or disquiet. 5. to throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly, as the head. 6. to interject (a remark, comment, etc.) in a sudden, offhand manner. 7. to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes fol. by up). 8. to toss a coin with (someone). 9. to stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing. v.i. 10. to pitch, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea. 11. to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, esp. on a bed or couch. 12. to throw something. 13. to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes fol. by up). 14. to go with a fling of the body. 15. toss off, a. to accomplish quickly or easily. b. to consume rapidly, esp. to drink up in one swallow. n. 16. an act or instance of tossing. 17. a pitching about or up and down. 18. a throw or pitch. 19. tossup (def. 1). 20. a sudden fling or jerk, esp. of the head. [1595–1605; orig. uncertain] toss′er, n.

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fungo - A baseball drill in which a batter tosses a ball in the air and hits it as it descends, probably from Scottish fung, "to pitch, toss, fling."
jactitating, jactitation, jactation - If you toss and turn at night, you are jactitating; jactitation or jactation is restless tossing or twitching.
saute - A form of French sauter, it means "to leap or cause to toss."
walk - First meant "roll," "toss," or "move about; go"—from Old English wealcan, "to roll."

toss

Past participle: tossed
Gerund: tossing

Imperative
toss
toss

Present
I toss
you toss
he/she/it tosses
we toss
you toss
they toss

Preterite
I tossed
you tossed
he/she/it tossed
we tossed
you tossed
they tossed

Present Continuous
I am tossing
you are tossing
he/she/it is tossing
we are tossing
you are tossing
they are tossing

Present Perfect
I have tossed
you have tossed
he/she/it has tossed
we have tossed
you have tossed
they have tossed

Past Continuous
I was tossing
you were tossing
he/she/it was tossing
we were tossing
you were tossing
they were tossing

Past Perfect
I had tossed
you had tossed
he/she/it had tossed
we had tossed
you had tossed
they had tossed

Future
I will toss
you will toss
he/she/it will toss
we will toss
you will toss
they will toss

Future Perfect
I will have tossed
you will have tossed
he/she/it will have tossed
we will have tossed
you will have tossed
they will have tossed

Future Continuous
I will be tossing
you will be tossing
he/she/it will be tossing
we will be tossing
you will be tossing
they will be tossing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tossing
you have been tossing
he/she/it has been tossing
we have been tossing
you have been tossing
they have been tossing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tossing
you will have been tossing
he/she/it will have been tossing
we will have been tossing
you will have been tossing
they will have been tossing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tossing
you had been tossing
he/she/it had been tossing
we had been tossing
you had been tossing
they had been tossing

Conditional
I would toss
you would toss
he/she/it would toss
we would toss
you would toss
they would toss

Past Conditional
I would have tossed
you would have tossed
he/she/it would have tossed
we would have tossed
you would have tossed
they would have tossed

toss

1. To turn over the contents of a pan by throwing the food lightly upwards.2. To use utensils to lift and turn a salad, mixing it with a dressing in the process.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	toss - the act of flipping a coin flipthrow - casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice"
	2.	toss - (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"flip, passthrow - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"centering, snap - (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap"athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
	3.	toss - an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"movement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
Verb	1.	toss - throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"pitch, sky, flipfling - throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"submarine - throw with an underhand motionlag - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coinsthrow back, toss back - throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head"
	2.	toss - lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"flipturn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
	3.	toss - throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" chuckthrow - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	4.	toss - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, thrash, convulse, slashshake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"
	5.	toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, flingunlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habitdeep-six, give it the deep six - toss out; get rid of; "deep-six these old souvenirs!"jettison - throw away, of something encumberingjunk, scrap, trash - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"dump - throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"retire - dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"liquidize, sell out, sell up - get rid of all one's merchandisede-access - dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"close out - terminate by selling off or disposing of; "He closed out his line of sports cars"
	6.	toss - agitate; "toss the salad" tumble - put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate - change the arrangement or position of

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verb1. throw, pitch, hurl, fling, project, launch, cast, shy, chuck (informal), flip, propel, sling, lob (informal) He screwed the paper up and tossed it into the fire.2. throw back, jerk, jolt Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face.3. flip, spin, flick We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy buns.4. shake, turn, mix, stir, tumble, agitate, jiggle Toss the apple slices in the mixture.5. heave, labour, rock, roll, pitch, lurch, jolt, wallow The small boat tossed about in the high seas like a cork.6. thrash (about), twitch, wriggle, squirm, writhe I felt as though I'd been tossing and turning all night.noun1. throw, cast, pitch, shy, fling, lob (informal) Decisions are almost made with the toss of a die.

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verb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw.Informal: fire.2. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down:heave, pitch, rock, roll.3. To swing about or strike at wildly:flail, thrash, thresh.Idiom: toss and turn.4. To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment:agonize, squirm, turn, writhe.5. To impair or destroy the composure of:agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), unsettle, upset.Informal: rattle.6. To throw (a coin) in order to decide something:flip.Idiom: call heads or tails.phrasal verb
toss aroundTo speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over).Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around).Slang: rap.Idiom: go into a huddle.phrasal verb
toss down or off
Informal. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid):drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup.Informal: swig.Slang: belt.Idiom: wet one's whistle.nounAn act of throwing:cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw.

Translations

掷掷硬币看反正来决定某事翻来复去颠簸扔

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(tos) verb1. to throw into or through the air. She tossed the ball up into the air. 扔，掷 2. (often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side. She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.翻来复去3. (of a ship) to be thrown about. The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.颠簸4. to throw (a coin) into the air and decide a matter according to (a correct guess about) which side falls uppermost. They tossed a coin to decide which of them should go first.掷硬币看反正来决定某事 noun an act of tossing. 掷toss up to toss a coin to decide a matter. We tossed up (to decide) whether to go to the play or the ballet.掷硬币决定某事win/lose the toss to guess rightly or wrongly which side of the coin will fall uppermost. He won the toss so he started the game.掷硬币猜输赢

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verb throw

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verb throw back

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verb flip

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verb shake

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verb heave

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verb thrash (about)

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noun throw

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verb to send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm

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verb to move vigorously from side to side or up and down

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verb to swing about or strike at wildly

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verb to twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment

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verb to impair or destroy the composure of

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verb to throw (a coin) in order to decide something

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phrase toss around: to speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about

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phrase toss down: to take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid)

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noun an act of throwing

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noun the act of flipping a coin

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noun (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

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noun an abrupt movement

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verb throw or toss with a light motion

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verb lightly throw to see which side comes up

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verb throw carelessly

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verb move or stir about violently

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verb throw or cast away

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verb agitate

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