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Definition of Toss

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.

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Toss Quotations

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

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 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

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

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.
Arianna Huffington

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

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

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.
Natalie Goldberg

It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.
Frank Woolley

The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
Richie Benaud

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons.
Hope Emerson

The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.
Norman Corwin

Long Toss! Far and away themost important drill for strengthening my arm.
Paul Quantrill

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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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