[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/toss.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / toss

[← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/T/)

# toss

«toss» in Mova's school dictionary: **to throw something lightly: toss the ball to me** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, noun (toss, tosses, tossed, tossing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To toss means to throw something lightly: toss the ball to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#m1)

2) A coin toss is throwing a coin to see which side lands up, heads or tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#m2)

3) To toss a salad is to mix it gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#m3)

4) To toss and turn is to move about in bed and not sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#m4)

5) To toss something out is to throw it away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: throws counted; coin tosses with chances: a coin has 2 sides, so heads and tails are equally likely; tails = tosses − heads. Sport: the toss decides who starts a game. Everyday: toss a pancake, toss the salad, «it's a toss-up» (either could happen).

### examples

- She tossed the ball 12 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x1)
- He tosses a coin 10 times and gets 6 heads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x2)
- They tossed 3 bags into the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x3)
- How many tosses were tails? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x4)
- The captain won the toss and chose to bat first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x5)
- Dad tossed the pancake high in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x6)
- I tossed and turned all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x7)
- Toss the salad with a little oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x8)
- He tossed it gayly to the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/#x9)

### note

Regular: tossed; plural tosses. Counts throws. Trap: if heads and tails are both counted, tails = tosses − heads. Trap: past coin tosses do not change the next one; each toss is still a 1 in 2 chance.

### In the corpora

- [Think of a playground argument: you can toss a coin, or you can ask witnesses what they saw.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/68-rules-courts-police-taxes-and-armies-through-time/3/)
- [Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1204/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toss» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.