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How to pronounce “toss”

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Pronunciation guide for toss

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of toss with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Peter Donnelly: How stats fool juries 22 minutesCan you imagine tossing a coin successively?
Definition summary: A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

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Peter Donnelly: How stats fool juries 22 minutes

Can you imagine tossing a coin successively?

[Noun]
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
(cricket, soccer) 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.
A haughty throwing up of the head.
(British slang, chiefly in the negative) Concern or consideration.
(British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
(Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
(broadcasting) A handover from one presenter to another, announced by the first presenter.
(UK, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; drivel.
(UK, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
[Verb]
To throw with an initial upward direction.
To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
To agitate; to make restless.
To subject to trials; to harass.
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
(informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
To stir or mix (a salad).
(UK, slang) To masturbate.
(transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
(intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
(intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
(obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
(rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
(UK, slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
(slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.