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”.
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2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, “to toss the head”.
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He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay. Addison.
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3. To cause to rise and fall; as, “a ship tossed on the waves in a storm”.
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We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. Act xxvii. 18.
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4. To agitate; to make restless.
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Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.
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5. Hence, to try; to harass.
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Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert.
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6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, “to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar”. [Obs.] Ascham.
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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.
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