Dictionary Entry
toss
toss is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
- 2transitive verb
To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
- 4transitive verb
To agitate; to make restless.
- 5transitive verb
Hence, to try; to harass.
- 6transitive verb
To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
- 7intransitive verb
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
- 8intransitive verb
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
- 9noun
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
- 10noun
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
- 11noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled"
- 12noun
an abrupt movement
"a toss of his head"
- 13noun
the act of flipping a coin
Synonyms
- 14verb
agitate
"toss the salad"
- 15verb
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"
"toss me newspaper"
- 16verb
throw carelessly
"chuck the ball"
Synonyms
- 17verb
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- 18verb
lightly throw to See which side comes up
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
Synonyms
- 19verb
throw or cast away
"Put away your worries"
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