toss

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In cricket, to bowl (a full-pitch).
2. To refine (tin) by fusing it and then causing the molten metal to fall in thin filaments through the air. Oxidizable impurities acted on by the air are separated out and form a scum which is skimmed off, after the stream has come to rest in the receiving vessel.
3. n. In cricket, a ball bowled so as to reach the batsman before touching the ground;. a full-pitch.
4. To lift, heave, or throw up with a sudden, impatient, or spirited movement; jerk: as, to toss one's head.
5. To jerk or fling to and fro; heave or pitch up and down or from one place to another; tumble or throw about.
6. In mining, to separate (ore) from the gangue by stirring (tossing) the slimes with water in a keeve, and then allowing the heavier, valuable parts to settle, this operation being hastened by packing, or striking the sides of the keeve with an iron bar held vertically with one end resting on the ground, an operation which may be continued from a quarter of an hour to an hour. The packing facilitates the separation of the ore by the vibrating motion imparted to the particles. This process is generally done by hand, but sometimes by a mechanical arrangement. It was formerly somewhat extensively employed in the tin-mining districts of Cornwall, England, and has not entirely gone out of use.
7. To cast; pitch; fling; hurl; specifically, to throw with the palm of the hand upward; throw lightly or carelessly.
8. Figuratively, to disquiet; agitate; set in commotion, as by shifting opinions, feelings, circumstances, or influences; disturb; disorder.
9. To pass from one to another, as in conversation or discussion; bandy.
10. To turn over and over; busy one's self with; turn the leaves of, as a book or lesson.
11. To toss up with. See to toss up, under II.
12. Same as to toss off (which see, below).
13. To dress hastily or smartly; trick: with out.
14. To dispose of; pass off; while away: said of time.
15. To jerk or throw one's self about; roll or tumble about; be restless or uneasy; fling.
16. To be flung or rocked about; be kept in motion.
17. Same as to toss up (which see, below).
18. n. A sudden fling or jerk; especially, a quick movement of the head backward or upward.
19. n. A pitch; a throw: as, the toss of a ball or a coin.
20. n. The distance over which one tosses anything; a throw.
21. n. A state of agitation or excitement; a commotion.
22. n. A toss-up: with reference to a case in which chance decides.
23. n. The mow or bay of a barn into which grain is put preparatory to threshing.

Wiktionary

1. n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
2. n. cricket, soccer The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
3. n. UK, slang A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
4. v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
5. v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
6. v. To discard: to toss out
7. v. To stir or mix (a salad).
8. v. UK, vulgar, slang To masturbate
9. v. transitive, informal To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward.
2. v. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion.
3. v. To cause to rise and fall.
4. v. To agitate; to make restless.
5. v. Hence, to try; to harass.
6. v. obsolete To keep in play; to tumble over.
7. v. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
8. v. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
9. n. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing.
10. n. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. lightly throw to see which side comes up
2. n. the act of flipping a coin
3. v. throw carelessly
4. v. throw or cast away
5. v. throw or toss with a light motion
6. n. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
7. v. move or stir about violently
8. n. an abrupt movement
9. v. agitate.