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verb British English pronunciation: toss /tɒs/ 
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present participletossing
past tensetossed
past participletossed
  1. 1
    [transitive] to throw something somewhere gently or in a slightly careless way

    She smiled at me, tossing her coat onto the chair.

    Brendon tossed the ball into the air.

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    1. a.

      toss

       or

      toss up

       [intransitive/transitive] to throw a coin into the air and make a decision based on which side the coin falls on
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  2. 2
    [transitive] to make something move up and down or from side to side

    The little boat was tossed roughly by the waves.

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  4. 4

    toss

     or

    toss out

    mainly American     [transitive] informal to get rid of something because you do not want or need it
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