The difference between Jettison and Toss
When used as nouns, jettison means collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon, whereas toss means a throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
When used as verbs, jettison means to eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load, whereas toss means to throw with an initial upward direction.
check bellow for the other definitions of Jettison and Toss
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Jettison as a noun (uncountable):
Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
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Jettison as a noun (countable):
The action of jettisoning items.
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Jettison as a verb:
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
Examples:
"The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."
"The jettisoning of fuel tanks''."
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Jettison as a verb:
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.
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Toss as a noun:
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
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Toss as a noun (cricket, football):
The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
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Toss as a noun:
A haughty throwing up of the head.
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Toss as a noun (British slang):
A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
Examples:
"I couldn't give a toss about her."
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Toss as a noun (British slang):
A state of agitation; commotion.
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Toss as a noun ([[w:Billingsgate Fish Market, Billingsgate Fish Market]], _, slang):
A measure of sprats.
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Toss as a verb:
To throw with an initial upward direction.
Examples:
"Toss it over here!"
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Toss as a verb:
To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
Examples:
"to toss the head"
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Toss as a verb:
To agitate; to make restless.
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Toss as a verb:
To subject to trials; to harass.
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Toss as a verb:
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
Examples:
"I'll toss you for it."
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Toss as a verb (informal):
To discard: to toss out
Examples:
"I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."
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Toss as a verb:
To stir or mix (a salad).
Examples:
"to toss a salad; a tossed salad."
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Toss as a verb (British slang):
To masturbate
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Toss as a verb (transitive, informal):
To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
Examples:
"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."
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Toss as a verb (intransitive):
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
Examples:
"tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"
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Toss as a verb (intransitive):
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Toss as a verb (obsolete):
To keep in play; to tumble over.
Examples:
"to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"
"rfquotek Ascham"
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Toss as a verb (rowing):
To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
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Toss as a verb (British slang):
To drink in large draughts; to gulp.