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The Meaning of toss
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(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.
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(v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
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(v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
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(v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.
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(v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.
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(v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
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(v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
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(v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
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(n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
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(n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Synonyms
flip
,
pass
,
flip
,
flip
,
sky
,
pitch
,
flip
,
chuck
,
convulse
,
thresh
,
thresh about
,
thrash
,
thrash about
,
slash
,
jactitate
,
discard
,
fling
,
toss out
,
toss away
,
chuck out
,
cast aside
,
dispose
,
throw out
,
cast out
,
throw away
,
cast away
,
put away
Rhymes
aase
,
abbas
,
across
,
albatross
,
alsace
,
amoss
,
applesauce
,
blas
,
bloss
,
bos
,
boss
,
bosse
,
bras
,
bross
,
caguas
,
chandross
,
chavous
,
clauss
,
clos
,
closs
,
cos
,
coss
,
criss-cross
,
crisscross
,
cros
,
cross
,
crosse
,
dazs
,
demoss
,
devoss
,
dos
,
doss
,
dross
,
emboss
,
fauss
,
floss
,
foss
,
fosse
,
fross
,
gloss
,
goss
,
gosse
,
grosse
,
haas
,
haase
,
haass
,
hahs
,
hamas
,
hammas
,
hasse
,
hawse
,
helios
,
hoss
,
hot-cross
,
joss
,
kaas
,
kiryas
,
kjos
,
klaas
,
klos
,
kloss
,
knauss
,
knosp
,
knous
,
kos
,
koss
,
kross
,
lacoss
,
lacrosse
,
lafosse
,
las
,
loss
,
mauss
,
mohs
,
moss
,
nauss
,
noss
,
os
,
oss
,
pangloss
,
ploss
,
pos
,
pross
,
recross
,
ros
,
ross
,
rosse
,
sauce
,
schloss
,
semigloss
,
sloss
,
soss
,
stauss
,
stoss
,
tomas
,
vandross
,
vanoss
,
vause
,
vohs
,
vos
,
voss
,
vyas
,
wass