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/tɔs/ * danh từ - sự quẳng lên, sự ném lên, sự tung - trò chơi sấp ngửa =to win the toss+ đoán đúng trong trò chơi sấp ngửa; thắng lợi - sự hất (đầu, hàm...) =a toss of the head+ cái hất đầu - sự ngã ((thường) từ trên ngựa xuống) =to take a toss+ ngã ngựa; (nghĩa bóng) thất bại * ngoại động từ - quẳng lên, ném lên, tung =to toss the ball+ tung quả bóng =to toss money about+ quẳng tiền qua cửa sổ, ăn tiêu hoang phí =to toss up a coin+ tung đồng tiền (chơi sấp ngửa) - hất; làm tròng trành =to toss the head+ hất đầu =the aeroplane was tossed [about] in the stormy sky+ chiếc máy bay tròng trành trong bầu trời bão táp * nội động từ - chơi sấp ngửa - lúc lắc, tròng trành =the ship tossed on the sea+ con tàu tròng trành trên biển cả - lật đi lật lại; trở mình trằn trọc =he tossed about in his bed+ anh ta trở mình trằn trọc trên giường - vỗ bập bềnh (sóng) - tung bóng lên (quần vợt) !to toss about - vứt lung tung !to toss away - ném đi, vứt đi !to toss off - nốc (rượu) một hơi - giải quyết nhanh chóng (công việc) !to toss up - tung (đồng tiền...) lên - nấu quàng nấu quấy (đồ ăn)
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Toss — Toss, Tossed or Tossing may refer to:;Cricket * Full toss, cricket delivery * Toss (cricket);Music * Tossed , a song by Frank Black on his eponymous album;People * Toss Woollaston;Places * Töss and Töss (river), in Zürich;Salad * Salad tossing.… … Wikipedia
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toss/flip a coin — to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands Let s toss a coin. Heads, we don t go; tails, we do. • • • Main Entry: ↑coin … Useful english dictionary
Toss — Toss, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. [1913 Webster] To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toss — ► VERB 1) throw lightly or casually. 2) move from side to side or back and forth. 3) jerk (one s head or hair) sharply backwards. 4) throw (a coin) into the air so as to make a choice, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when it lands … English terms dictionary
toss-up — toss ,up noun singular INFORMAL the act of throwing a coin into the air and making a decision based on which side the coin falls on be a toss up used for saying that you do not know which of two things to choose or which of two things will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
toss up — 1. To toss a coin 2. To cook and serve up hastily • • • Main Entry: ↑toss * * * ˌtoss ˈup [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they … Useful english dictionary
toss — [tôs, täs] vt. [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] 1. to throw or pitch about; fling here and there; buffet … English World dictionary
toss-up — n 1.) it s a toss up spoken used when you do not know which of two things will happen, or which of two things to choose ▪ I don t know who ll get the job it s a toss up between Carl and Steve. 2.) [C usually singular] BrE an act of tossing a coin … Dictionary of contemporary English
toss — (v.) c.1500, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Norw. tossa to strew, spread ). Related: Tossed; tossing. Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning an act of throwing is first… … Etymology dictionary
toss|up — toss up or toss|up «TS UHP, TOS », noun. 1. the act of tossing a coin to decide something. 2. Informal. an even chance: »It s a toss up whether or not he ll accept … Useful english dictionary
