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Definition of To toss off
To toss off 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 tempeat. --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, to drink hastily.
To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.
