Meaning of Toss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
   countable, uncountable
2. The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
   countable, uncountable
3. A haughty throwing up of the head.
   countable, uncountable
4. Concern or consideration.
   British, countable, slang, uncountable
5. A state of agitation; commotion.
   British, countable, slang, uncountable
6. A measure of sprats.
   countable, uncountable
7. A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
   countable, uncountable
8. Nonsense; drivel.
   UK, slang, uncountable
9. An act of masturbation.
   UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“I don't give a toss about her.”

“This put us at the board into a Tosse.”

“"We are all in a toss, in our neighborhood," said Mistress Pottle.”

“It will differ from the heaped measure of oysters, improperly called the peck, by about one-seventh part in excess, and from the toss of sprats by about one-third part in excess.”

“The introduction would still be done by the Monitor host in New York's Studio 5B, followed by the toss to the newsperson in Washington.”

“Then I look again at this message. What a load of toss.”

“'You were,' John said, with infinite love, 'talking such absolute toss.'”

“I always thought that the breathing thing was a load of toss, but it helped calm me big time.”

“And Uncle Frank is having a wank, And Auntie Floss is having a toss, With Grandad.”

“This girl was a wank, a toss, something to be used over and over again, even when she was a pensioner; the pictures would be around till the next millennium.”

“Men don't chat about having a toss. We just don't. It's not comfortable.”

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