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toss(2) (iou)



toss verb. Pa. t. & pple tossed, (arch. & poet.) tost. E16.
[Origin unkn.]
I. verb trans.
Throw at random or here and there; fling about from side to side; buffet. E16.
Bible (AV): Ephesians 4:14 Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and caried about with euery winde of doctrine. B. Vine When reproved, she..whined, tossing herself this way and that.
b. Turn over and over; leaf through (a book). M16-M18.
Shake, shake up, stir up; set in commotion; disturb, agitate; disquiet in mind. E16.
b. Cookery. Stir or turn (food) over, esp. to provide a coating of butter, oil, etc. E18.
H. C. Rae Tossed green salad and cold lake trout.
Throw or hit (a ball etc.) back and forth between two or more persons; throw or hit (a ball etc.) to another. E16.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) Quarterback..Chudziak tossed a 38-yard pass to..Lytwynec. fig.: Classic CD The Scherzo is quintessentially Mendelssohn,..the short motif being tossed to and fro among the players.
b. Bandy (a subject or question) about in debate; discuss; make the subject of talk. M16.
Throw up, throw into the air; esp. throw (a coin etc.) up to decide a choice by the side which is uppermost on landing; (of a bull etc.) catch with a horn and throw into the air; (of a horse) throw or fling off (its rider); turn (a pancake) by throwing into the air so as to land in the pan with the other side up. E16.
tossing the CABER.
J. Buchan I tossed a coinheads right, tails leftand it fell heads.
b. Wager with (a person) on the toss of a coin. Usu. foll. by for something. M19.
c. Release (a homing pigeon) in a race or trial flight. L19.
gen. Throw, fling, or hurl; throw carelessly. Freq. foll. by adverbs. L16.
S. Trott He'd picked up..pebbles and was tossing them into the..water.
b. Throw away, discard. colloq. L20.
Lift or jerk up suddenly without letting go; spec. (a) brandish (a weapon); (b) raise (a cup etc.) to the lips in order to drink. Now rare. L16.
toss oar(s), toss one's oar(s) raise one's oar(s) to an upright position in salute.
Raise or jerk (the head etc.) with an impatient or spirited movement. L16.
R. L. Stevenson He would..toss back his shock of hair.
Search in the course of a police investigation. US slang. M20.
II. verb intrans.
Be in mental agitation; be disquieted. Only in 16.
a. Move about restlessly. Now freq. in toss and turn. M16.
E. Langley Excited by the events.., I tossed beside him and could not sleep.
b. Be flung about; be kept in motion. L16.
Ld Macaulay A fleet of merchantmen tossing on the waves.
Fling oneself into or out of a place etc. E18.
Toss a coin, toss up. M19.
With adverbs in specialized senses: toss in NZ slang = chuck in s.v. CHUCK verb2. toss off (a) verb phr. trans. drink off with gusto; (b) verb phr. trans. do or make rapidly or without effort; (c) verb phr. trans. & intrans. (coarse slang) masturbate. toss up (a) prepare hastily; (b) = sense 12 above.