The difference between Junk and Toss
When used as nouns, junk means discarded or waste material, 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, junk means to throw away, whereas toss means to throw with an initial upward direction.
check bellow for the other definitions of Junk and Toss
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Junk as a noun:
Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
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Junk as a noun:
A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
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Junk as a noun (slang):
Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
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Junk as a noun (slang):
The clothed genitalia.
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Junk as a noun (nautical):
Salt beef.
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Junk as a noun:
Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
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Junk as a noun (dated):
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lowell"
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Junk as a verb (transitive):
To throw away.
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Junk as a verb (transitive):
To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)
Examples:
"(On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house."
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Junk as a noun (nautical):
A Chinese sailing vessel.
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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.