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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. [ 1913 Webster ] He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. [ 1913 Webster ] We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. Act xxvii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To agitate; to make restless. [ 1913 Webster ] Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Hence, to try; to harass. [ 1913 Webster ] Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]
To toss off, (a) to drink hastily. (b) to accomplish easily or quickly. (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a comment. (d) to masturbate; -- British slang. --
To toss the cars.See under Oar, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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