Definition of Toss. Meaning of Toss. Synonyms of Toss

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Toss. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Toss and, of course, Toss synonyms and on the right images related to the word Toss.

Definition of Toss

Toss
Toss Toss, n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. --Swift.
Toss
Toss Toss, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. --Tillotson. 2. 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.
Toss
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. ] 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. 2. 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. --Addison. 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. --Act xxvii. 18. 4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. 5. Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. --Herbert. 6. 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 toss the cars.See under Oar, n.

Meaning of Toss from wikipedia

- Look up toss, tossed, or tossing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Toss, Tossed or Tossing may refer to: Töss, a district of the city of Winterthur...
- In American football, a toss play is any running play which starts with a pitch to the running back. In a toss play, the back often "curves out" towards...
- In cricket, the toss is the flipping of a coin to determine which captain will have the right to choose whether their team will bat or field at the start...
- The Tossers are an American six-piece Celtic punk band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, formed in July 1993. They have toured with Murphy's Law...
- Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands, in order...
- The caber toss (Scottish Gaelic: tilgeil a' chabair) is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a...
- "Toss It Up" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). Released under the stage name...
- "Toss the Feathers" is a traditional Irish folk tune (a reel). It exists in several variations and in different keys, the most common being D Mixolydian...
- Keg-tossing (or keg toss) is a traditional strength sport that involves the heaving of a standard half-barrel beer keg or a similar implement. The basic...
- Cornhole (also known regionally as sack toss, or bags) is a lawn game po****r in North America in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean...