Toss
[tɒs] or [tɔs]
Definition
(noun.) an abrupt movement; 'a toss of his head'.
(verb.) agitate; 'toss the salad'.
Editor: Rae--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
(v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
(v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
(v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.
(v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.
(v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
(v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
(v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
(n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
(n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Throw (by the hand and upward), throw up.[2]. Fling, pitch, cast, hurl.[3]. Agitate, shake, rock.
v. n. [1]. Roll, writhe, tumble about, be uneasy.[2]. Be agitated, be tossed.
Editor: Philip
Definition
v.t. to throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and fall: to make restless: to agitate pass from one to another: to toss up with: to drink off: to dress out smartly.—v.i. to be tossed: to be in violent commotion: to tumble about: to fling.—n. act of throwing upward: a throwing up of the head: confusion commotion: a toss-up.—v.t. Toss′en (Spens.) to toss to brandish.—n. Toss′er.—adv. Toss′ily pertly.—ns. Toss′ing the act of tossing or throwing upward: (B.) violent commotion: (mining) process of washing ores; Toss′-pot (Shak.) a toper a drunkard; Toss′-up the throwing up of a coin to decide anything: an even chance or hazard.—adj. Toss′y pert contemptuous.—Toss off to drink off; Toss up to throw up a coin and wager on which side it will fall.
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Examples
- It is a mere toss up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently, unless I choose to sell myself as a mere pen and a mouthpiece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Perhaps it has come,' muttered Lavvy, with a toss of her head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then some one else said, The best thing is to toss a bomb down on him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With his beer every day, and money in his pocket to pitch and toss with, if he can't spend it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I told you from the first it was a toss-up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No matter how staunch, sound and grand in dimensions man may build his ships, old Neptune can still toss them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Lydgate did not speak, but tossed his head on one side, and twitched the corners of his mouth in despair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I tossed the cheque across the table to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here is the key, and he tossed it over. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Of a sudden, he stopped, took the cork out of his bottle, and tossed it away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Another tossing of arms, another nod, and another shrill chorus: 'Bradley Headstone! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was wet through with sweat and he knew the bomb advocate was perfectly capable of tossing a grenade at any moment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The name I have heard Alfred mention, tossing in his dreams, IS Riah; is it not? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She rose with a sigh, tossing her cigarette into the grate. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So much for the police-court, said Holmes thoughtfully, tossing aside the paper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And what said Tingling-Tossing-Aching-Screaming-Scratching-Smarter? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I can laugh at it as bitterly as the hardest man who tosses it from him in contempt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And then their uncle comes in, and tosses them up to the ceiling in a very frightful way! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr. Guppy, observing him, slightly tosses his head and sits down on the other side of the table in an easy attitude. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Three quintals are a crushing load for him; the steer of the meadow tosses him aloft, like a waste rag. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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