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1. Throw with a light motion
   "toss me newspaper";
   - flip, sky, pitch
    
2. Lightly throw to see which side comes up
   "I don't know what to do--I may as well toss a coin!";
   - flip
    
3. Throw carelessly
   "toss the ball";
   - chuck, huck [N. Amer, informal], sling [Brit, informal]
    
4. Move or stir about violently
   "The feverish patient tossed around in his bed";
   - convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate
    
5. Throw or cast away
   "toss your worries"; "toss out your worries"; "toss away your worries";
   - discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
    
6. Agitate
   "toss the salad"

1. The act of flipping a coin
   - flip
    
2. (sport) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
   "the toss was fumbled";
   - pass, flip
    
3. An abrupt movement
   "a toss of his head"

Derived forms: tossed, tosses, tossing

Type of: agitate, commove, disturb, fling, get rid of, motility, motion, move, movement, raise up, remove, shake, shake up, stir up, throw, turn, vex, wing

Encyclopedia: Toss