Meaning

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

• 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.

• A haughty throwing up of the head.

• (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.

  "I couldn't give a toss about her."

• (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.

• A measure of sprats.

Meaning

• To throw with an initial upward direction.

  "Toss it over here!"

• To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

  "to toss the head"

• To agitate; to make restless.

• To subject to trials; to harass.

• To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

  "I'll toss you for it."

• To discard: to toss out

  "I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."

• To stir or mix (a salad).

  "to toss a salad; a tossed salad."

• (British slang) To masturbate

• To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

  ""Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for.""

• To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

  "tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"

• To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.

• To keep in play; to tumble over.

  "to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"

• To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

• (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.