Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
Definition: The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
Definition: A haughty throwing up of the head.
Definition: (British slang) A jot, in the phrase ‘give a toss’.
Example: I couldn’t give a toss about her.
Definition: (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
Definition: A measure of sprats.
verb
Definition: To throw with an initial upward direction.
Example: Toss it over here!
Definition: To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
Example: to toss the head
Definition: To agitate; to make restless.
Definition: To subject to trials; to harass.
Definition: To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
Example: I’ll toss you for it.
Definition: To discard: to toss out
Example: I don’t need it any more; you can just toss it.
Definition: To stir or mix (a salad).
Example: to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
Definition: (British slang) To masturbate
Definition: To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
Example: “Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom.” / “They probably found what they were looking for.”
Definition: To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
Example: tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
Definition: To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
Definition: To keep in play; to tumble over.
Example: to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
Definition: To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
Definition: (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.