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Definition of Toss |
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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. Related Definitions: Act, Agitate, And, As, Ball, Be, Cause, Commotion, Especially, Fall, Fleet, Fling, Four, Grammar, Hand, Harass, Head, Hence, In, Jerk, Keep, Lift, Make, Manner, Motion, Ocean, Of, On, Or, Over, Palm, Particular, Play, Raising, Restless, Rise, Roll, Ship, Spend, Storm, Sudden, The, Throw, Throwing, To, Toss, Tossed, Tossing, Try, Tumble, Up, Upward, Violent, With, Write |
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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 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 Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises. Emily Carr 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 People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there. Rio Ferdinand The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. Arianna Huffington Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. August Wilson 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 I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while. Jose Carreras |
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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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