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    toss
    [tôs, täs]
    verb
    toss (verb) · tosses (third person present) · tossed (past tense) · tossed (past participle) · tossing (present participle) · -tossed (adjective)
    1. throw (something) somewhere lightly, easily, or casually:
      "Suzy tossed her bag onto the sofa" · "she tossed me a box of matches"
      • (of a horse) throw (a rider) off its back.
      • throw (a coin) into the air in order to make a decision between two alternatives, based on which side of the coin faces up when it lands:
        "we could just toss a coin"
    2. move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth:
      "the trees tossed in the wind" · "I tossed and turned all night" · "the yachts were tossed around in the harbor like toys" · "tempest-tossed and shipwrecked mariners"
      • jerk (one's head or hair) sharply backward:
        "Paula pursed her lips and tossed her head"
      • shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly:
        "toss the pasta in the sauce"
    3. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      search (a place):
      "I could demand her keys and toss her office"
    noun
    toss (noun) · tosses (plural noun)
    1. an action or instance of tossing something:
      "a defiant toss of her head" · "the toss of a coin"
      • (the toss)
        the action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game:
        "we'd win the toss and keep the ball"
    Origin
    early 16th century: of unknown origin.
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    When you lightly throw something, you toss it. You might toss your lifejacket and backpack into a canoe before climbing in with the paddles. You can toss a baseball to your friend in the backyard, or toss your trash in a wastebasket when you're finished with lunch. You can also toss a coin or toss a salad.
    Definition of toss verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] to throw something lightly or carelessly toss something + adv./prep. I tossed the book aside and got up. toss something to somebody He tossed the ball to Anna. toss somebody something He tossed Anna the ball.
    toss up (for something) (British English) We tossed up to see who went first. toss up between A and B (British English, figurative) He had to toss up between (= decide between) paying the rent or buying food. [transitive] toss something to move your head suddenly upwards, especially to show that you are annoyed or impatient
    toss (a coin) Let's toss (a coin) to see who'll go first. "I'll toss you for it - heads or tails ?" I got tossed after I argued with the officials. The umpire tossed our pitcher for deliberately throwing at a batter. toss of someone's head "I don't care ," she replied with a toss of her head. The Cowboys won the coin toss.
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