Thesaurus: toss

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
3. v. t. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
4. v. t. To agitate; to make restless.
5. v. t. Hence, to try; to harass.
6. v. t. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
7. v. i. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
8. v. i. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
9. n. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
10. n. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
11. n. the act of flipping a coin
12. n. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team