Betydning af toss på engelsk

• 0 to throw into or through the air

  • She tossed the ball up into the air.

• 1 (often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side

  • She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.

• 2 (of a ship) to be thrown about

  • The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.

• 3 to throw (a coin) into the air and decide a matter according to (a correct guess about) which side falls uppermost

  • They tossed a coin to decide which of them should go first.

• 4 an act of tossing

  • The matter would be decided by the toss of a coin.