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What (who) is toss - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tossed; Tossing; Toss (film); Töss (disambiguation); Tosses; Toss (disambiguation)
toss
I
n.
flipping of a coin to decide an issue
to lose; win the toss
II
v.
1) ('to turn and twist') to toss restlessly (in one's sleep)
2) (A) ('to throw') toss the ball to me; or: toss me the ball
3) (D; intr., tr.) to toss for ('to decide by flipping a coin') (let's toss for it)
toss
¦ verb
1. throw lightly or casually.
(of a horse) throw (a rider) off its back.
throw (a coin) into the air so as to make a choice, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when it lands.
2. move from side to side or back and forth.
jerk (one's head or hair) sharply backwards.
shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly.
3. (toss something off) drink something rapidly or all at once.
produce something rapidly or without thought or effort.
4. (toss oneself/someone off or toss off) Brit. vulgar slang masturbate.
¦ noun an act of tossing.
Phrases
give (or care) a toss [usu. with negative] Brit. informal care at all.
take a toss fall off a horse.
toss one's cookies N. Amer. informal vomit.
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
toss
(tosses, tossing, tossed)
1.
If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way.
He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire...
He tossed Malone a can of beer, and took one himself.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n n
2.
If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backwards, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt.
'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head...
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face.
VERB: V n, V n prep/adv
•
Toss is also a noun.
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer.
N-COUNT
3.
In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by tossing a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns.
VERB: V n
•
Toss is also a noun.
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.
N-COUNT: usu sing
4.
The toss is a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game, that consists of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.
N-SING: the N
5.
If something such as the wind or sea tosses an object, it causes it to move from side to side or up and down. (LITERARY)
The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork...
As the plane was tossed up and down, the pilot tried to stabilise it.
VERB: V n, be V-ed adv/prep
6.
If you toss food while preparing it, you put pieces of it into a liquid and lightly shake them so that they become covered with the liquid.
Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve...
Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture...
Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad.
VERB: V n, V n in n, V-ed
7.
see also toss-up
8.
If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important. (BRIT)
They were still arguing the toss about the first goal...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR prep [disapproval]
9.
If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Well, who gives a toss about sophistication anyway?...
PHRASE: with brd-neg, V inflects, oft PHR about n, PHR wh [emphasis]
10.
If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
PHRASE: Vs inflect
Examples of use of toss
1. The toss÷ England captain Michael Vaughan has – amazingly – won the toss.
2. Coming back to Toss, Prashant is quite confident about his second film. «Toss has a very interesting storyline.
3. Prashant Raj who plays the lead role in Toss says, «Toss is basically on the lines of a family drama.
4. Winning the toss, the Malaysia team decided to bat first.
5. This was where Ann wanted them to toss her ashes.