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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. [1913 Webster] He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. [1913 Webster] We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act xxvii. 18. [1913 Webster] 4. To agitate; to make restless. [1913 Webster] Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Hence, to try; to harass. [1913 Webster] Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. --Herbert. [1913 Webster] 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham. [1913 Webster] {To toss off}, (a) to drink hastily. (b) to accomplish easily or quickly. (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a comment. (d) to masturbate; -- British slang. {To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Toss \Toss\, n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. [1913 Webster] 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. --Swift. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Toss \Toss\, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. [1913 Webster] To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: toss n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: {flip}, {toss}] 2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: {pass}, {toss}, {flip}] 3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: {flip}, {toss}, {sky}, {pitch}] 2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: {flip}, {toss}] 3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: {chuck}, {toss}] 4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss}, {jactitate}] 5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: {discard}, {fling}, {toss}, {toss out}, {toss away}, {chuck out}, {cast aside}, {dispose}, {throw out}, {cast out}, {throw away}, {cast away}, {put away}] 6: agitate; "toss the salad"