TOSS

Toss

In the sport of cricket, a coin is tossed to determine which team bats first. This is known as the toss.

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toss

Noun

  1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
  2. The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
  3. A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
    I couldn't give a toss about her.

Verb

  1. To throw with an initial upward direction.
    Toss it over here!
  2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
    to toss the head
  3. To agitate; to make restless.
  4. To subject to trials; to harass.
  5. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
    I'll toss you for it.
  6. To discard: to toss out
    ''I don't need it anymore, you can just toss it.
  7. To stir or mix (a salad).
    to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
  8. To masturbate
  9. To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
    "Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."
  10. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
    tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
  11. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
  12. To keep in play; to tumble over.
    to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar


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