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[tos] 1. verb1) (to throw into or through the air: She tossed the ball up into the air.) zagnati2) ((often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side: She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.) premetavati se3) ((of a ship) to be thrown about: The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.) premetavati4) (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.) vreči (kovanec)2. noun(an act of tossing.) met- toss up- win/lose the toss* * *I [tɔs]nounmetanje (v zrak); met, lučaj; premetavanje (sem in tja); stresanje; metanje žreba, žreb(anje); obsolete nemir, razburjenje; padec (zlasti s konja)full toss — sport točen metto take a toss — biti vržen, pasti iz sedla, s konjato win the toss — dobiti pri žrebanju, pri metanju novca v zrakII [tɔs]transitive verbpremetavati (ladjo na morju itd.); metati sem in tja; vreči s sebe; vreči, metati, zagnati; visoko dvigniti, nazaj vreči (glavo); vreči (kaj) (to komu); prevračati, premetavati (seno); metati (kovanec) v zrak (za žrebanje); vznemiriti, razburitito toss a Coin — zagnati, metati novec v zrakI'll toss you for it — vrgel bom novec (žrebal bom) (za to); intransitive verb metati se sem in tja, premetavati se; biti premetavan sem in tja; biti razburkan, vzburkati se, valiti se (o valovih); frfotati (lasje, zastava)to toss out of the room — planiti iz sobe; -
2 oar
[o:](a long piece of wood with a flat end for rowing a boat.) veslo* * *I [o:]nounveslo; veslač; zoology veslasta noga; greblja za peč (v pivovarni)to lie on one's oars — vesla na plosko položiti; figuratively dati roke križemto put in one's oar — vtikati se, vpasti v besedofiguratively chained to the oar — prikovan k deluship your oars! — pripravite vesla!unship your oars! — izvlecite vesla!II [ɔ:]transitive verb & intransitive verbpoetically veslati
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To toss the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To boat the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To feather the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To muffle the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To ship the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To unship the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To lie on the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To trail oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toss — v. & n. v. 1 tr. throw up (a ball etc.) esp. with the hand. 2 tr. & intr. roll about, throw, or be thrown, restlessly or from side to side (the ship tossed on the ocean; was tossing and turning all night; tossed her head angrily). 3 tr. (usu.… … Useful english dictionary
The Boat Race — Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race. Cambridge at the left. The event generally known as The Boat Race is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between… … Wikipedia
Piracy on the High Seas — ▪ 2006 by John S. Burnett To the astonishment of many, high seas piracy, a crime thought long relegated to legend, made headlines in late 2005 when a luxury cruise ship was attacked off the Somali coast. The Seabourn Spirit, carrying 151 Western … Universalium