I.
noun
1 of the head
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of your/the head
▪
‘Of course not!’ she said with a ~ of her head.
2 the toss ( esp. BrE ) of a coin
VERB + THE TOSS
▪ lose , win
▪
England won the ~ and chose to kick off.
▪ call
▪
The team captains called the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of a coin
▪
The order of play was decided by the ~ of a coin.
▪
The venue will be decided on the ~ of a coin. ( BrE )
II.
verb
1 throw sth carelessly
ADVERB
▪ carelessly , casually
▪
She picked up the package and casually ~ed it into her bag.
▪ unceremoniously
▪
The bodies were unceremoniously ~ed into mass graves.
▪ around ( often figurative ), aside , away , back , out , over
▪
It's an idea that gets ~ed around from time to time.
▪
She ~ed back her blonde hair.
▪ overboard ( often figurative )
▪
The improvements had to be ~ed overboard because of lack of money.
PREPOSITION
▪ into , out of , to
▪
He ~ed the letter over to me.
2 keep moving up and down/from side to side
ADVERB
▪ restlessly
▪
She ~ed around restlessly all night with a high fever.
▪ about ( BrE ), around
▪
He was ~ed around in his boat.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and turn
▪
He ~ed and turned all night, unable to sleep.
3 cover food in a sauce
ADVERB
▪ gently , lightly
▪ well
▪ together
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
Toss the vegetables lightly in olive oil.
Toss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ backpack , ↑ bag , ↑ ball , ↑ baseball , ↑ coin , ↑ football , ↑ grenade , ↑ hair , ↑ head , ↑ mane , ↑ pancake , ↑ pasta , ↑ salad , ↑ wrapper