tosseth

Verb

toss (third-person singular simple present tosses, present participle tossing, simple past and past participle tossed or (obsolete) tost)

1. To throw with an initial upward direction.
   • Toss it over here!

   Synonyms:

   chuck, fling, bung, cast, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk

2. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
   • to toss the head
3. To agitate; to make restless.
   • Calm region once,
     And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   perturb, provoke, vex

4. To subject to trials; to harass.
   • Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis...

   Synonyms:

   beleaguer, beset, pester

5. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
   • We should toss for it.
6. (informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
   • I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.

   Synonyms:

   toss out, throw out, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck

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