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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed (; (less properly Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.] Etym: [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]

See Tassel.

Ohe who tosser. J. Fletcher.

In a tossy manner. [R.]

The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak.

Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.

To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "My betossed soul." Shak.

To toss back or again.

A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. I. Watts.

game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball into opposite goals resembling baskets.

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. B. Jonson.

The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. Smollett.

To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; Crabb.

To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.

To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.

To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." Lord Palmerson.