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Tossing

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toss  (tôs, ts)
v. tossed, toss·ing, toss·es
v.tr.
1. To throw lightly or casually or with a sudden slight jerk: tossed the shirt on the floor. See Synonyms at throw.
2. To throw, fling, or heave continuously about; pitch to and fro: boats that were tossed by the storm.
3. To throw upward: The bull tossed him over the fence.
4. To mix (a salad) lightly so as to cover with dressing.
5. To discuss informally; bandy: tossed the idea around.
6. To move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion: "tossing their heads in sprightly dance" (William Wordsworth).
7. To disturb or agitate; upset.
8. To throw to the ground: ducked the blow and tossed his opponent.
9.
a. To flip (coins) in order to decide an issue.
b. To flip coins with: I'll toss you to see who goes first.
10. To put in a given position, condition, or situation: tossed the criminal in jail.
11. To throw away; discard: I tossed the newspaper after reading it.
12. To disqualify or eject: The starter was tossed for throwing illegal pitches.
v.intr.
1. To be thrown here and there; be flung to and fro.
2. To move about restlessly; twist and turn: toss in one's sleep.
3. To flip a coin to decide an issue.
n.
1. The act of tossing or the condition of being tossed.
2. The distance that something is or can be tossed.
3. An abrupt upward movement, as of the head.
4. A flipping of a coin to decide an issue: The home team won the toss and elected to receive.
Phrasal Verbs:
toss down Informal
To drink in one draft by suddenly tilting.
toss off Informal
1. To drink up in one draft.
2. To do or finish effortlessly or casually: "technicians who can toss off the Romantic blockbusters with stupendous speed" (Annalyn Swan).

[Middle English tossen, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

tosser n.


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After dinner, when she was helping to wash the dishes, she said, tossing her head: `You got many things for cook.
The interval, with the exception of the last few months, has been chiefly spent by the author tossing about on the wide ocean.
Somewhere too SHE, the Golden One, the White Woman, was drowsily tossing the night-clothes from her limbs and rubbing her sleepy eyes.
 
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