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Toss| Noun | 1. | toss - the act of flipping a cointhrow - the throwing of 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"throw - the act of throwing (propelling something through the air 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"fling - throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee" lag - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins | | | 2. | toss - lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"turn - 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"throw - project through the air; "throw a frisbee" | | | 4. | toss - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"shake, 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, fling unlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habit jettison - throw away, of something encumbering junk, 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!" pension off, retire - dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat" abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" de-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" | |
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