n. 投掷, 抛, 摇摆, 震荡, 掷钱币决定

vt. 投掷, 猛抬, 摇荡, 使不安, 掷钱币决定

vi. 被到处扔, 摇摆, 颠簸, 辗转, 掷钱币决定某事

Toss \Toss\, n.
1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as,
the toss of a ball.

2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising
the head with a jerk. --Swift.


Toss \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. 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. 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. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
in a storm.

We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act
xxvii. 18.

4. To agitate; to make restless.

Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
--Milton.

5. Hence, to try; to harass.

Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
--Herbert.

6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.

{To toss off},
(a) to drink hastily.
(b) to accomplish easily or quickly.
(c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a
comment.
(d) to masturbate; -- British slang.

{To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.


Toss \Toss\, v. i.
1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write;
to fling.

To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets
and enrages our pain. --Tillotson.

2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak.

{To toss for}, to throw dice or a coin to determine the
possession of; to gamble for.

{To toss up}, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on
which side it will fall, or determine a question by its
fall. --Bramsion.