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toss

noun verb

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
T
Ends with
S
Contains
OS
Scrabble score
4
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/tɑs/ /tɒs/ /tɔs/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

  2. The coin toss 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 haughty throwing up of the head.

  4. (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.

    “I couldn't give a toss about her.”

  5. (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.

  6. A measure of sprats.

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 any more; you can just toss it.”

  7. To stir or mix (a salad).

    “to toss a salad; a tossed salad.”

  8. (British slang) 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, or as a ship in heavy seas.

  12. To keep in play; to tumble over.

    “to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar”

  13. To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

  14. (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

In context

Example Sentences

I couldn't give a toss about her.
Toss it over here!
to toss the head
I'll toss you for it.
I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.
to toss a salad; a tossed salad.
"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."
tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep
to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar
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