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Meaning Of Toss

  1. 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.
  2. v. t.
    To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
  3. v. t.
    To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
  4. v. t.
    To agitate; to make restless.
  5. v. t.
    Hence, to try; to harass.
  6. v. t.
    To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
  7. v. i.
    To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
  8. v. i.
    To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
  9. n.
    A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
  10. n.
    A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.



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