tosses

Tosses refer to the acts or results of tossing, which means throwing something lightly or casually, often with a quick flick of the wrist or arm. As a noun, tosses can describe individual throwing actions or the motion itself, and the term is used across cooking, sport, and everyday activities.

In everyday use, tossing is common in cooking, such as tossing a salad to mix ingredients without mounding or mashing them. In sports and games, tossing or flipping can move objects or help determine outcomes. The best-known example is the coin toss, where a coin is flipped to generate a random result (heads or tails) to decide who acts first or who gains a privilege.

In probability, a fair coin toss is a two-outcome experiment with equal likelihoods. Repeated tosses form a Bernoulli process, and the law of large numbers describes how observed proportions converge toward theoretical probabilities as the number of tosses increases.

In physics and biomechanics, tossing involves imparting kinetic energy and often rotation. Trajectory depends on mass, shape, release height, velocity, and air resistance; suitable technique seeks a predictable arc and a grip that allows reliable catching.

Culturally, the phrase toss-up is used to describe a decision or outcome that is uncertain and left to chance. Common collocations include toss the ball, toss aside, or toss up in casual speech, with regional variations in usage and tone.