TOSS


Meaning of TOSS in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .