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

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