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Definition of Toss
Toss

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

To agitate; to make restless.

Hence, to try; to harass.

To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

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Toss Quotations

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
Jonas Salk

I think we have to be very careful when we toss around terms like 'cut health care costs.' We would do very well to expect a cut in the rate of increase.
David Obey

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.
John Thorn

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
George C. Wallace

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
Satchel Paige

Toss Translations

toss in Dutch is gooien, opgooien
toss in German is schleudern, knobeln, werfen
toss in Italian is avventare
toss in Latin is vexo
toss in Portuguese is lance
toss in Spanish is arrojar


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