TOSS

toss. Toss, v. to sling, cast, agitate, keep in play, wince

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Toss (?), 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. 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.
2. 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. Addison. 3. 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. Act xxvii. 18. 4. 4. To agitate; to make restless.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton. 5. 5. Hence, to try; to harass.
Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert. 6. 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. Ascham.
To toss off, to drink hastily. — To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.