TOSS
\tˈɒs], \tˈɒs], \t_ˈɒ_s]\
Definitions of TOSS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
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the act of flipping a coin
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agitate; "toss the salad"
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an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
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lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
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To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
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To agitate; to make restless.
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Hence, to try; to harass.
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To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
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To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
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To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
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A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
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A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
By Oddity Software
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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
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To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
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To agitate; to make restless.
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Hence, to try; to harass.
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To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
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To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
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To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
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A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
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A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
By Noah Webster.
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To throw with the hand; to throw upward; to pitch; lift or throw up, as the head, quickly; put into violent motion; to cause to rise and fall; as, the waves tossed the vessel.
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To roll or tumble; be made to rise and fall.
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A throwing upward; a pitch; a fling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and fall: to make restless: to agitate.
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To be tossed: to be in violent commotion: to tumble about: to fling.
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Act of throwing upward: a throwing up of the head.
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TOSSER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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