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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toss  \Toss\,  n. 
  1.  A  throwing  upward,  or  with  a  jerk;  the  act  of  tossing;  as 
  the  toss  of  a  ball. 
 
  2.  A  throwing  up  of  the  head;  a  particular  manner  of  raising 
  the  head  with  a  jerk.  --Swift. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toss  \Toss\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  roll  and  tumble;  to  be  in  violent  commotion;  to  write; 
  to  fling. 
 
  To  toss  and  fling,  and  to  be  restless,  only  frets 
  and  enreges  our  pain.  --Tillotson. 
 
  2.  To  be  tossed,  as  a  fleet  on  the  ocean.  --Shak. 
 
  {To  toss  for},  to  throw  dice  or  a  coin  to  determine  the 
  possession  of  to  gamble  for 
 
  {To  toss  up},  to  throw  a  coin  into  the  air,  and  wager  on 
  which  side  it  will  fall,  or  determine  a  question  by  its 
  fall.  --Bramsion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toss  \Toss\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tossed}  ;  (less  properly 
  {Tost}  );  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Tossing}.]  [  W.  tosiaw  tosio,  to 
  jerk,  toss  snatch,  tosa  quick  jerk,  a  toss  a  snatch.  ] 
  1.  To  throw  with  the  hand;  especially,  to  throw  with  the  palm 
  of  the  hand  upward,  or  to  throw  upward;  as  to  toss  a 
  ball. 
 
  2.  To  lift  or  throw  up  with  a  sudden  or  violent  motion;  as 
  to  toss  the  head. 
 
  He  tossed  his  arm  aloft,  and  proudly  told  me  He 
  would  not  stay.  --Addison. 
 
  3.  To  cause  to  rise  and  fall;  as  a  ship  tossed  on  the  waves 
  in  a  storm. 
 
  We  being  exceedingly  tossed  with  a  tempeat.  --Act 
  xxvii.  18. 
 
  4.  To  agitate;  to  make  restless. 
 
  Calm  region  once,  And  full  of  peace,  now  tossed  and 
  turbulent.  --Milton. 
 
  5.  Hence  to  try  to  harass. 
 
  Whom  devils  fly,  thus  is  he  tossed  of  men. 
  --Herbert. 
 
  6.  To  keep  in  play;  to  tumble  over  as  to  spend  four  years 
  in  tossing  the  rules  of  grammar.  [Obs.]  --Ascham. 
 
  {To  toss  off},  to  drink  hastily. 
 
  {To  toss  the  cars}.See  under  Oar,  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toss 
  n  1:  the  act  of  flipping  a  coin  [syn:  {flip}] 
  2:  (sports)  the  act  of  throwing  the  ball  to  another  member  of 
  your  team;  "the  pass  was  fumbled"  [syn:  {pass},  {flip}] 
  v  1:  throw  or  toss  with  a  light  motion;  "flip  me  the  beachball"; 
  "toss  me  newspaper"  [syn:  {flip},  {sky},  {pitch}] 
  2:  as  of  coins  [syn:  {flip}] 
  3:  throw  carelessly;  "chuck  the  ball"  [syn:  {chuck}] 
  4:  beat  about  [syn:  {convulse},  {thresh},  {thresh  about},  {thrash}, 
  {thrash  about},  {slash}] 
  5:  throw  or  cast  away  "Put  away  your  worries"  [syn:  {discard}, 
  {fling},  {toss  out},  {toss  away},  {chuck  out},  {cast 
  aside},  {dispose},  {throw  out},  {cast  out},  {throw  away}, 
  {cast  away},  {put  away}] 
  6:  agitate;  "toss  the  salad";  "stir  nuts  into  the  dough"  [syn: 
  {stir}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  TOSS 
 
  {Terminal  Oriented  Social  Science} 
 
 




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