[{"word":"tossing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To throw with an initial upward direction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Toss it over here!"},{"definition":"To lift with a sudden or violent motion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to toss the head"},{"definition":"To agitate; to make restless.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To subject to trials; to harass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll toss you for it."},{"definition":"To discard: to toss out","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."},{"definition":"To stir or mix (a salad).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to toss a salad; a tossed salad."},{"definition":"(British slang) To masturbate","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom.\" / \"They probably found what they were looking for.\""},{"definition":"To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"},{"definition":"To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To keep in play; to tumble over.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"},{"definition":"To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Used to disparage or curse someone or something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I can't get this tossing program to work."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toss","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tossing"]}]