Toss | Mean of toss in English Dictionary

/ˈtɑːs/

• Verb
• to throw (something) with a quick, light motion
1. I tossed the ball to him. = I tossed him the ball.
2. She tossed the ball high in/into the air.
3. She tossed the paper at/into the recycling bin.
4. He tossed his dirty socks onto the floor.
• to move or lift (something, such as a part of your body) quickly or suddenly
1. He tossed his head back.
2. She tossed her hair and smiled.
• to move (something) back and forth or up and down
1. Waves tossed the ship about.
2. The ship tossed on the waves.

• to stir or mix (something) lightly
1. Gently toss the salad.
2. Toss the vegetables with olive oil.
• to cause (something) to turn over by throwing it into the air
1. toss a coin
2. toss [=flip] a pancake
3. “Who's going to put out the trash?” “Let's toss for it.” [=let's toss a coin to decide]
• to move about and turn over in bed because you are unable to sleep
1. She was tossing and turning all night.
• to drink (something) quickly
1. He tossed back a shot of whiskey.
• to add (something) to what you are selling without asking for more money
1. I'll even toss in [=throw in] an upgrade for free.
• to produce (something) quickly and without much effort
1. He tossed off a few lines of poetry.
• to put (something that is no longer useful or wanted) in a trash can, garbage can, etc.
1. It's time to toss out those bananas.
2. Did you toss the newspapers out already?
• to refuse to accept or consider (something)
1. His testimony was tossed out by the judge.
• to mention (something) as a possible thing to be done, thought about, etc.
1. She tossed out a couple of ideas for improving the company's Web site.
• to force (someone) to leave a place
1. They tossed him out [=threw him out] of the bar after he started a fight.
• Noun
• the act of throwing or tossing something with a quick, light motion
1. a bouquet toss
2. He gave the salad a quick toss. [=he tossed the salad]
• the act of throwing a coin up into the air in order to make a decision about something based on which side of the coin is shown after it lands
1. They decided what to do by a coin toss.
2. the toss of a coin
3. She won the toss.
• the act of moving your head suddenly upward and backward
1. She threw her hair back with a toss of her head.
• to argue or disagree about something that is not important, that cannot be changed, etc.
• to not care at all about something
1. He doesn't give a toss about our problems.