toss
- toss
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noun
1 of the head
PREPOSITION
▪ with a toss
PHRASES
▪ a toss of your/the head
▪ ‘Of course not!’ she said with a toss of her head.
2 the toss (esp. BrE) of a coin
VERB + THE TOSS
▪ lose, win
▪ England won the toss and chose to kick off.
▪ call
▪ The team captains called the toss.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a toss
PHRASES
▪ the toss of a coin
▪ The order of play was decided by the toss of a coin.
▪ The venue will be decided on the toss of a coin. (BrE)
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb
1 throw sth carelessly
ADVERB
▪ carelessly, casually
▪ She picked up the package and casually tossed it into her bag.
▪ unceremoniously
▪ The bodies were unceremoniously tossed into mass graves.
▪ around (often figurative), aside, away, back, out, over
▪ It's an idea that gets tossed around from time to time.
▪ She tossed back her blonde hair.
▪ overboard (often figurative)
▪ The improvements had to be tossed overboard because of lack of money.
PREPOSITION
▪ into, out of, to
▪ He tossed the letter over to me.
2 keep moving up and down/from side to side
ADVERB
▪ restlessly
▪ She tossed around restlessly all night with a high fever.
▪ about (BrE), around
▪ He was tossed around in his boat.
PHRASES
▪ toss and turn
▪ He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.
3 cover food in a sauce
ADVERB
▪ gently, lightly
▪ well
▪ together
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪ Toss the vegetables lightly in olive oil.
Toss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑
backpack, ↑
bag, ↑
ball, ↑
baseball, ↑
coin, ↑
football, ↑
grenade, ↑
hair, ↑
head, ↑
mane, ↑
pancake, ↑
pasta, ↑
salad, ↑
wrapper
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