toss
/tɔs/ noun B2- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- A measure of sprats.
- A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
Plural tosses
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- toss around To offer for suggestion.
- toss away To discard; to throw away
- toss down To cause something held to fall to the ground
- toss in To add (something) as a bonus.
- toss off To drink up rapidly.
- toss out To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, e...
- toss up To make a decision based on chance, for example by flippi...
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I SAW you toss the kites on high
First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get into her eyes—and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.
If ye find that the Bullock can toss you, or the heavy-browed Sambhur can gore; Ye need not stop work to inform us: we knew it ten seasons before.
Now Gilbert was head of the spelling class; now Anne, with a toss of her long red braids, spelled him down.
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