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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  TOSS
       
          Terminal Oriented Social Science

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Toss \Toss\, n.
     1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as,
        the toss of a ball.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising
        the head with a jerk. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as,
        to toss the head.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
              He would not stay.                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
        in a storm.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act
                                                    xxvii. 18.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To agitate; to make restless.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Calm region once,
              And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Hence, to try; to harass.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
                                                    --Herbert.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
        in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To toss off,
        (a) to drink hastily.
        (b) to accomplish easily or quickly.
        (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a
            comment.
        (d) to masturbate; -- British slang.
  
     To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Toss \Toss\, v. i.
     1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write;
        to fling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets
              and enrages our pain.                 --Tillotson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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]
       3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
       v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
            "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, sky, pitch]
       2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
          to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip]
       3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck]
       4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
          around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
          about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate]
       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"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) πετάω, ρίχνω κάτι απαλά ή απρόσεκτα
     2 (μτβ+αμτβ) πετάω, ρίχνω νόμισμα
     3 (ετικ μτβ ανεπίσημο Αγγλικά) πετάω κάτι ως άχρηστο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     1 A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction,
  particularly with a lack of care.
     2 (lb en cricket football) 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 (lb en British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
     5 (lb en British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
     vb.
     1 To throw with an initial upward direction.
     2 To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  toss-
     Italian pre.
     (alt form it tossi-); toxi-

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  TOSs
     n.
     (plural of en TOS)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     1 A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction,
  particularly with a lack of care.
     2 (lb en cricket football) 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 (lb en British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
     5 (lb en British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
     vb.
     1 To throw with an initial upward direction.
     2 To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  TOSs
     n.
     (plural of en TOS)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     1 A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction,
  particularly with a lack of care.
     2 (lb en cricket football) 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 (lb en British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
     5 (lb en British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
     vb.
     1 To throw with an initial upward direction.
     2 To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  toss-
     Italian pre.
     (alt form it tossi-); toxi-

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  TOSs
     n.
     (plural of en TOS)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     1 A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction,
  particularly with a lack of care.
     2 (lb en cricket football) 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 (lb en British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
     5 (lb en British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
     vb.
     1 To throw with an initial upward direction.
     2 To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  toss-
     Italian pre.
     (alt form it tossi-); toxi-

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  TOSs
     n.
     (plural of en TOS)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     Englanti n.
     1 heitto
     2 kolikonheitto
     Englanti vb.
     1 viskata, nakata
     2 heilauttaa (hiuksiaan tai päätään)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     (tagg vardagligt slang) person som är tokig eller knäpp på ett roligt
  och gulligt sätt

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  toss
     n.
     (tagg vardagligt slang) person som är tokig eller knäpp på ett roligt
  och gulligt sätt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Toss /tˈɒs/
  إقذف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  toss //tɑs// //tɒs// //tɔs// 
  1. хвърляне
  throw, a lob, of a ball
  2. жребий
  toss of a coin before a match

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  toss //tɑs// //tɒs// //tɔs// 
  1. нося се
  to be thrown around as a ship in rough seas etc
  2. отхвърлям
  to discard
  3. подхвърлям
  to flip a coin
  4. мятам се
  to roll around as in restless sleep
  5. мятам, хвърлям
  to throw with an initial upward direction