Meaning

15 senses
  1. To throw with an initial upward direction.

    Toss it over here!

    werfen

    броса́тьbrosátʹ, подбра́сыватьpodbrásyvatʹ

    throw carelessly

  2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

    to toss the head

  3. To agitate; to make restless.

    agitate

  4. To subject to trials; to harass.

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

    We should toss for it.

    I'll toss you for it.

    werfen

    подбра́сыватьpodbrásyvatʹ

  6. (informal, transitive)To discard; to throw away.

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

    verwerfen, wegwerfen

    throw or cast away

  7. To stir or mix (a salad).

    to toss a salad; a tossed salad.

    vermischen, vermengen, zusammenfügen

    переме́шиватьpereméšivatʹ, перемеша́тьperemešátʹ

    move or stir about violently

  8. (UK, slang)To masturbate.

    hin und her werfen

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

  10. (intransitive)To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

    tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep

  11. (intransitive)To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.

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

Examples

212 sentences
  1. I tossed the ball to Tom.

    Я кинув м'яч Тому.

    ruЯ бросил мяч Тому.

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  2. I tossed it in the trash.

    Я кинув це у смітник.

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  3. Tom tossed Mary the keys.

    Том кинув Мері ключі.

    ruТом бросил Мэри ключи.

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  4. Tom tossed Mary the ball.

    Том кинув Мері м'яч.

    ruТом бросил Мэри мяч.

    deTom warf Maria den Ball zu.

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  5. Tom tossed Mary his keys.

    Том кинув Мері ключі.

    ruТом бросил Мэри свои ключи.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to throw with an initial upward direction:
to stir or mix (a salad):
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to throw with an initial upward direction:
to discard:
to stir or mix (a salad):
to roll around as in restless sleep:

Origin

From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncer

From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedish tossa (“to strew, spread”)), or perhaps from an alteration of Middle English tosen (“to tease, pull apart, shred; to wound, injure”). Compare also Dutch tassen (“to pile or heap up, stack”).

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Forms

tosses, tossing, tossed, tossed
Base formtoss · to toss
3rd person singulartosses
Present participletossing
Past simpletossed
Past participletossed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoss
he, she, ittosses

Past simpleLesson

all personstossed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tossed
he, she, ithas tossed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toss

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

169 synonyms

Word family

23 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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