toss

[[t]tɔs, tɒs[/t]]

v. t.

1) to throw, pitch, or fling, esp. to throw lightly or carelessly

2) to throw or send from one to another, as in play:

to toss a ball[/ex]

3) to pitch with irregular or careless motions; jerk about

4) to agitate, disturb, or disquiet

5) to throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly, as the head

6) to interject (a remark, comment, etc.) in a sudden, offhand manner

7) to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes fol. by up)

8) to toss a coin with (someone)

9) to stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing

10) to pitch, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea

11) to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, esp. on a bed or couch

12) to throw something

13) to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes fol. by up)

14) to go with a fling of the body

15) phv toss off

a) to accomplish quickly or easily

b) to consume rapidly, esp. to drink up in one swallow

16) an act or instance of tossing

17) a pitching about or up and down

18) a throw or pitch

19) cvb

tossup 1)

20) a sudden fling or jerk, esp. of the head

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Etymology: 1595–1605; orig. uncert. toss′er, n.