verb

toss

Translation

to throw lightly, to flip, to mix, to move restlessly

Toss the ball to me.

Let's toss a coin to decide.

Toss the salad with dressing.

((sth.)) ((to sb.)) to throw sth. lightly to sb. Toss the ball to me.

((sth.)) to flip sth. (like a coin) Let's toss a coin to decide.

((sth.)) to mix sth. (like a salad) Toss the salad with dressing.

Synonyms: throw, fling, hurl, pitch

Origin uncertain, possibly from a Scandinavian source, perhaps imitative of the sound of throwing.

Think of tossing a pancake or a salad – a light, often upward, throwing motion.