英语词汇“toss”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

toss

释义

verb | noun

tosstoss1 /tɔs/ ●●○ W3 verb

ETYMOLOGYtoss¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

toss

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	toss
	he, she, it	tosses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tossed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tossed
	he, she, it	has tossed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tossed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will toss
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tossed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tossing
	he, she, it	is tossing
	you, we, they	are tossing
Past	I, he, she, it	was tossing
	you, we, they	were tossing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tossing
	he, she, it	has been tossing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tossing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tossing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tossing

COLLOCATIONS► tossed and turned

I tossed and turned (=kept changing my position in bed because I could not sleep) all night.

THESAURUSthrow a ball/stone etc.► throw

to make an object such as a ball move quickly from your hand through the air by moving your arm quickly and letting go of the object: She can throw pretty well for a little girl.

► toss

to throw something without much force: She tossed her coat onto the bed.

► hurl

to throw something with a lot of force: They hurled a brick through his window.

► fling

to throw something somewhere with a lot of force, often in a careless way: He flung her keys into the river.

► pass

to throw, kick, or hit a ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Jones, who scored.

► pitch

to throw the ball to the person who is trying to hit the ball in a game of baseball: Try to pitch the ball right over home plate.

► shoot

to throw a ball toward the basket or goal in a sport such as basketball: She dribbled up to the basket, shot and scored!

► lob

to throw, hit, or kick something so that it moves slowly in a high curve: He lobbed the ball to the coach.

► cast

to throw a fishing net or line into the water. Cast is also used in literary language to mean throw: The fishermen cast their nets into the water. Zeus picked up the boulder and cast it far out into the sea.

1THROW [transitive] to throw something, especially something light, without much force SYN throw: toss something into/down/on etc. something She tossed the ball into the air.toss something to somebody He took out a coin and tossed it to Rob.toss somebody something Toss me a pillow.► see thesaurus at throw12THROW AWAY [transitive] to get rid of something you do not want SYN toss out: I think you can toss those old magazines now.3MOVE [intransitive, transitive] to move and turn around continuously in a violent or uncontrolled way, or make something do this: Waves tossed the small boats. I tossed and turned (=kept changing my position in bed because I could not sleep) all night.4MIX [transitive] to mix pieces of food and liquid by lifting and turning them together: Could you toss the salad for me?5A COIN [intransitive, transitive] to make a coin go up and spin in the air, and then catch it to see which side is on top, used as a way of deciding something SYN flip6toss your head/hair to move your head back suddenly, often with a shaking movement: She laughed and tossed her head.7toss your cookies slang to vomittoss something ↔ back phrasal verb informal to drink something quickly SYN throw back: We tossed back a couple of beers.toss something ↔ in phrasal verb informal to include something with something else SYN throw intoss off phrasal verb informal1toss somebody ↔ off, toss somebody off something to make someone leave a place or group, especially because of bad behavior: They tossed her off the team for missing practice.2toss something ↔ off to say or write something quickly without much effort: She could toss off facts and figures convincingly.toss out phrasal verb informal1toss something ↔ out to get rid of something you do not want SYN throw out: Let’s toss out the old TV.2toss something ↔ out to say something quickly without thinking carefully about it SYN throw out: I tossed out a few suggestions.3toss somebody ↔ out to make someone leave a place, especially because of bad behavior SYN throw out: toss somebody out of something They tossed him out of the club for starting a fight.

verb | noun

tosstoss2 noun [countable]

COLLOCATIONS► the toss of a coin

Who goes first will be decided by the toss of a coin.

► win/lose the toss

We lost the toss and had to go second.

► a toss of ... head

With a toss of her head, she walked out of the room.

1the act of throwing a coin in the air to decide something, especially to make a choice at the beginning of a game or race SYN coin toss, flip: Who goes first will be decided by the toss of a coin.win/lose the toss We lost the toss and had to go second.2a sudden backward movement of your head so that your hair moves: With a toss of her head, she walked out of the room.3the act of gently throwing something SYN throw

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