toss

Definitions

1. noun

   A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

2. noun

   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.

3. noun

   A haughty throwing up of the head.

4. noun

   Concern or consideration.

   Example

   • I don't give a toss about her.
5. noun

   A state of agitation; commotion.

   Examples

   • This put us at the board into a Tosse.
   • "We are all in a toss, in our neighborhood," said Mistress Pottle.
6. noun

   A measure of sprats.

   Example

   • It will differ from the heaped measure of oysters, improperly called the peck, by about one-seventh part in excess, and from the toss of sprats by about one-third part in excess.
7. noun

   A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.

   Example

   • The introduction would still be done by the Monitor host in New York's Studio 5B, followed by the toss to the newsperson in Washington.
8. noun

   Nonsense; drivel.

   Examples

   • Then I look again at this message. What a load of toss.
   • 'You were,' John said, with infinite love, 'talking such absolute toss.'
9. noun

   An act of masturbation.

   Examples

   • And Uncle Frank is having a wank, And Auntie Floss is having a toss, With Grandad.
   • This girl was a wank, a toss, something to be used over and over again, even when she was a pensioner; the pictures would be around till the next millennium.
10. verb

    To throw with an initial upward direction.

    Example

    • Toss it over here!
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