toss
- toss
verb
1》 throw lightly or casually.
↘(of a horse) throw (a rider) off its back.
↘throw (a coin) into the air so as to make a choice, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when it lands.
2》 move from side to side or back and forth.
↘jerk (one's head or hair) sharply backwards.
↘shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly.
3》 (toss something off) drink something rapidly or all at once.
↘produce something rapidly or without thought or effort.
4》 (toss oneself/someone off or toss off) Brit. vulgar slang masturbate.
noun an act of tossing.
Phrases
give (or care) a toss [usu. with negative] Brit. informal care at all.
take a toss fall off a horse.
toss one's cookies N. Amer. informal vomit.
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
English new terms dictionary.
2014.
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