Toss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Toss	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Toss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toss n the act of flipping a coin Synonym(s): flip, toss (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" Synonym(s): pass, toss, flip an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" v throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" Synonym(s): flip, toss, sky, pitch lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" Synonym(s): flip, toss throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" Synonym(s): chuck, toss move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" Synonym(s): convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" Synonym(s): discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away agitate; "toss the salad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toss \Toss\, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. --Tillotson. 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. {To toss for}, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. {To toss up}, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. --Bramsion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tossed} ; (less properly {Tost} ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tossing}.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ] 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. --Addison. 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. --Act xxvii. 18. 4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. 5. Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. --Herbert. 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham. {To toss off}, to drink hastily. {To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toss \Toss\, n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. --Swift.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TOSS {Terminal Oriented Social Science}