toss

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

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.countableuncountable

A haughty throwing up of the head.countableuncountable

Concern or consideration.Britishcountableslang

• I don't give a toss about her.

A state of agitation; commotion.Britishcountableslang

• This put us at the board into a Tosse.
• "We are all in a toss, in our neighborhood," said Mistress Pottle.

A measure of sprats.countableuncountable

• It will differ from the heaped measure of oysters, improperly called the peck, by about one-seventh part in excess, and from the toss of sprats by about one-third part in excess.

A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.countableuncountable

• The introduction would still be done by the Monitor host in New York's Studio 5B, followed by the toss to the newsperson in Washington.

Nonsense; drivel.UKslanguncountable

• Then I look again at this message. What a load of toss.
• 'You were,' John said, with infinite love, 'talking such absolute toss.'

An act of masturbation.UKcountableuncountable

• And Uncle Frank is having a wank, And Auntie Floss is having a toss, With Grandad.
• This girl was a wank, a toss, something to be used over and over again, even when she was a pensioner; the pictures would be around till the next millennium.

To throw with an initial upward direction.

• Toss it over here!

To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

• to toss the head

To agitate; to make restless.

• Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.

To subject to trials; to harass.

• Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.

To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

• We should toss for it.
• I'll toss you for it.

To discard; to throw away.informaltransitive

• I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.

To stir or mix (a salad).

• to toss a salad; a tossed salad.

To masturbate.UKslang

To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.informaltransitive

• Rankin and Willingham, when they tossed his cell, they took Polaroids so they could get everything back in place.
• Hayes had watched him toss a room before. He had tapped walls, gotten down on his hands and knees and studied the floor, inspected books and lamps and bric-abrac.

To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.intransitive

• tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep