<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket.</li><li>to throw or send from one to another, as in play: to toss a ball.</li><li>to throw or pitch with irregular or careless motions; fling or jerk about: The ship was tossed by waves.</li><li>to agitate, disturb, or disquiet.</li><li>to throw, raise, or jerk upward suddenly: She tossed her head disdainfully.</li><li>to speak or express in a sudden offhand manner; interject: He tossed jokes into their serious discussion.</li><li>to throw (a coin) into the air in order to decide something by the side turned up when it falls (sometimes followed by up).</li><li>to toss a coin with (someone).</li><li>to stir or mix (a salad) lightly until the ingredients are coated with the dressing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to pitch, rock, sway, or move irregularly, as a ship on a rough sea or a flag or plumes in the breeze.</li><li>to fling or jerk oneself or move restlessly about, especially on a bed or couch: to toss in one's sleep.</li><li>to throw something.</li><li>to throw a coin into the air in order to decide something by the way it falls (sometimes followed by up).</li><li>to go with a fling of the body: to toss out of a room in a fit of anger.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of tossing.</li><li>a pitching about or up and down.</li><li>a throw or pitch.</li><li>tossup.</li><li>the distance to which something is or may be thrown.</li><li>a sudden fling or jerk of the body, especially a quick upward or backward movement of the head.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase (Informal)</strong></p><ul><li>to vomit.</li><li>to accomplish quickly or easily.</li><li>to consume rapidly, especially to drink something up in one swallow: He tossed off a cocktail before dinner.</li></ul><p><strong>British Slang</strong></p><ul><li>to masturbate.</li></ul>