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Definition of toss :
1. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
2. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
3. Hence, to try; to harass.
4. To agitate; to make restless.
5. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
6. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
7. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
8. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
9. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
10. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
Synonyms:
squiggle, slough also sluff, roll, lock up, drum out, point, banish, thrash, slant, shake off, jerk, hawk, ditch, put away, throw up, flail, put behind bars, lift, writhe, leaf, bet, exclude, qualify, toss out, bake, die, thresh about, lurch, lock in, qualifying, rock, trounce, remand, set up, do away with, somersaulting, shy, beat, deep-six, hurtle, boot out, expel, mountain pass, gear, base on balls, ban, welt, peg, passport, whirl, cast aside, wobble, jail, careen, upchuck, dispose, butchery, turn over, lather, undulate, carve, crack, drub, replace, calm, mosh, somersault, passing game, flounder, strait, put on, passing play, thresh, vomit, moot, spue, agonize, cut down, remove, flip, repetition, eliminate, puke, chill, honk, riffle, put to sleep, disquiet, regurgitate, cat, seesaw, deliver, imprison, shake, purge, lag, thrash about, gamble, motion, break the bank, straits, wriggle, shun, slope, wave, throw away, talk over, switch, flip out, bounce, butter, tuck away, junk, eradicate, head, laissez passer, shuck, loft, discuss, lay by, shoot, lash, strike, squirm, drop, bone, bye, bat, peddle, swing, see, summerset, regorge, bingo, throw out, put aside, sick, turf out, incline, stir, jiggle, kick out, fiddle, vibrate, dart, lick, lock away, scrap, walk, dash, buffet, aim, jactitate, fluster, stake, turn out, avert your eyes/gaze/head etc., jug, ostracize, sky, somerset, liberty chit, tuck in, gash, flurry, alternate, eject, advance, flip-flop, distract, tilt, cast out, twitch, discard, attack, rattle, dice, shed, spew, flutter, duck, move, barf, vomit up, craps, offer, pat, incarcerate, slam dance, notch, monger, clobber, casino, bother, oust, twist, shut away, disgorge, flip over, tack, bob your head, lock, unsettle, lose, immure, go into a huddle, riff, cant over, throw off, cast off, reject, luck, retch, jig, butcher, blackball, double, jettison, slam, passing, shift, dismiss, wiggle, draw, thumb, direct, be sick, huckster, exorcise, interchange, go, oscillate, sway, kick around, bob, turn, flog, summersault, words, rap, toss your head/hair back, dispose of, cashier, cast away, dump, ostracise, vend, cream, toss away, shut up, slash, pass, chuck out, blend, place, blanch, strap, eighty-six, put money on something, fruit machine, back, nod, unload, gaol, splurge, lam
derange (part of speech: verb)
disorganize, convulse, discompose, disarrange, swirl, mix-up, rumple, derange, hash, displace, jumble, scramble, whisk, tamper, roughen, dislocate, mess, confuse, trouble, ripple, disturb, roil, churn, ruffle, misplace, meddle, dishevel, botch, capsize, mislay, confound, agitate, tumble, clutter, upset, scatter, rummage, perturb, ferment, muss, whip, disorder, tousle, blur, muddle
propel (part of speech: verb)
flick, lob, chuck, shunt, drive, hurl, butt, pitch, catapult, thrust, bowl, heave, cant, cast, sling, propel, fling, throw, launch, prod, goad, project, impel, bunt, fire, compel, push, ram, precipitate, pelt, shove
Usage examples:
- Toss me your golden ball, laughing maid, lovely maid, Lovely maid, laughing maid, toss me your ball! - "Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard", Eleanor Farjeon.
- The moment that he receives the bag, he runs across toward Number One in the opposite rank, making a running toss as he does so. - "Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium", Jessie H. Bancroft.
- And toss a good healthy scare into him! - "The Just and the Unjust", Vaughan Kester.