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Toss vs. Dump — What's the Difference?

Toss vs. Dump — What's the Difference?

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Toss

To throw lightly or casually or with a sudden jerk
Tossed the shirt on the floor.

Dump

To release or throw down in a large mass.

Toss

To throw or propel upward
The bull tossed him over the fence.

Dump

To empty (material) out of a container or vehicle
Dumped the load of stones.

Toss

To throw or propel to the ground
The horse tossed its rider.
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Dump

To empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.

Toss

To cause to move from side to side or up and down
Boats that were tossed by the storm.

Dump

To get rid of; discard
A fine for dumping trash on public land.
Dumped the extra gear overboard.

Toss

To move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion.

Dump

(Informal) To discard or reject unceremoniously
Dump an old friend.

Toss

To mix (food) lightly so as to cover with dressing or sauce
Toss a salad.

Dump

To place (goods or stock, for example) on the market in large quantities and at a low price.

Toss

To discuss informally; bandy
Tossed the idea around.

Dump

(Computers) To transfer (data stored internally in a computer) from one place to another, as from a memory to a printout, without processing.

Toss

To flip (coins) in order to decide an issue.

Dump

(Slang) To knock down; beat.

Toss

To flip coins with
I'll toss you to see who goes first.

Dump

To fall or drop abruptly.

Toss

To put in a given position, condition, or situation
Tossed the suspect in jail.

Dump

To discharge cargo or contents; unload.

Toss

To throw away; discard
I tossed the newspaper after reading it.

Dump

(Slang) To criticize another severely
Was always dumping on me.

Toss

To disqualify or eject
The starter was tossed for throwing illegal pitches.

Dump

A place where refuse is dumped
A garbage dump.
A nuclear waste dump.

Toss

To be thrown here and there; be flung to and fro or up and down
The canoe tossed about on the waves.

Dump

A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot
An ammunition dump.

Toss

To move about restlessly; twist and turn
Toss in one's sleep.

Dump

An unordered accumulation; a pile.

Toss

To flip a coin to decide an issue.

Dump

(Computers) An instance or the result of dumping stored data.

Toss

The act of tossing something
The toss of a hat.

Dump

(Slang) A poorly maintained or disreputable place.

Toss

The distance that something is or can be tossed.

Dump

Vulgar Slang An act of defecating. Often used with take.

Toss

An abrupt upward movement, as of the head.

Dump

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
A toxic waste dump.

Toss

A flipping of a coin to decide an issue
The home team won the toss and elected to receive.

Dump

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

Toss

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

Dump

That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.

Toss

The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.

Dump

(computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
The new XML dump is coming soon.

Toss

A haughty throwing up of the head.

Dump

(computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.

Toss

(British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
I couldn't give a toss about her.

Dump

A storage place for supplies, especially military.

Toss

(British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.

Dump

(slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
This place looks like a dump.
Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.

Toss

Concern or consideration.
I don't give a toss.

Dump

An act of defecation; a defecating.
I have to take a dump.

Toss

A measure of sprats.

Dump

A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.

Toss

To throw with an initial upward direction.
Toss it over here!

Dump

Absence of mind; reverie.

Toss

To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
To toss the head

Dump

(mining) A pile of ore or rock.

Toss

To agitate; to make restless.

Dump

(obsolete) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

Toss

To subject to trials; to harass.

Dump

(obsolete) An old kind of dance.

Toss

To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
We should toss for it.
I'll toss you for it.

Dump

A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).

Toss

To discard; to throw away.
I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.

Dump

(marketing) A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.

Toss

To stir or mix (a salad).
To toss a salad; a tossed salad.

Dump

A thick, ill-shapen piece.

Toss

(British slang) To masturbate

Dump

A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

Toss

To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

Dump

(Northern England) A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.

Toss

(intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
Tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep

Dump

(transitive) To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

Toss

(intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.

Dump

(transitive) To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.

Toss

(obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.

Dump

(transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

Toss

(rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

Dump

To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
To dump the ROM from a rare Nintendo game cartridge

Toss

(British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

Dump

To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.

Toss

To vomit.

Dump

To end a romantic relationship with.
Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her.

Toss

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

Dump

To knock heavily; to stump.

Toss

To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,He would not stay.

Dump

(transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
We dumped the coal onto the fireplace.

Toss

To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest.

Dump

To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

Toss

To agitate; to make restless.
Calm region once,And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.

Dump

Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.

Toss

Hence, to try; to harass.
Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.

Dump

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

Toss

To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

Dump

A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits or a mild depression; despondency; ill humor; - now used only in the plural.
March slowly on in solemn dump.
Doleful dumps the mind oppress.
I was musing in the midst of my dumps.

Toss

To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain.

Dump

Absence of mind; revery.

Toss

To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

Dump

A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.

Toss

A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

Dump

An old kind of dance.

Toss

A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Dump

A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

Toss

The act of flipping a coin

Dump

A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.

Toss

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;
The pass was fumbled

Dump

That which is dumped.

Toss

An abrupt movement;
A toss of his head

Dump

A pile of ore or rock.

Toss

Throw or toss with a light motion;
Flip me the beachball
Toss me newspaper

Dump

A coarse term for defecation.

Toss

Lightly throw to see which side comes up;
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!

Dump

To knock heavily; to stump.

Toss

Throw carelessly;
Chuck the ball

Dump

To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.

Toss

Move or stir about violently;
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

Dump

A coarse term for defecation;
He took a shit

Toss

Throw or cast away;
Put away your worries

Dump

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped

Toss

Agitate;
Toss the salad

Dump

(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs

Dump

Throw away as refuse;
No dumping in these woods!

Dump

Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;
The company dumped him after many years of service
She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man

Dump

Sell at artificially low prices

Dump

Drop in a heap or mass

Dump

Fall abruptly;
It plunged to the bottom of the well

Dump

Knock down with force;
He decked his opponent

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