transitive verb

1. to throw or pitch about; fling here and there; buffet a boat tossed by a storm
2. ☆ to mix lightly the parts or ingredients of (esp. a salad)
3. to disturb; agitate; disquiet
4. to throw (in various senses); specif., to throw upward, lightly and easily, from the hand
5. to throw in or bandy (ideas, remarks, etc.)
6. to lift quickly; jerk upward tossing her head in disdain
7. to toss up with (someone for something): see phrase below

Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. tossa, to spread, strew; akin to MLowG tōsen, to tear, ME (to)tusen, to pull to pieces < IE base *dā(i)-, to part, tear > tease

intransitive verb

1. to be flung to and fro; be thrown about or pitched about
2. to fling oneself about in sleep, etc.; be restless in bed
3. to move or go impatiently, angrily, or disdainfully, as with a toss of the head
4. to toss up: see phrase below

noun

1. a tossing or being tossed; a throw, fling, pitch, etc.
2. tossup (sense )
3. the distance that something is or can be tossed