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"toss" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often shy (3 letters).
Definitions
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
Word origin
From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedish tossa (“to strew, spread”)), or perhaps from an alteration of Middle English tosen (“to tease, pull apart, shred; to wound, injure”). Compare also Dutch tassen (“to pile or heap up, stack”).
Used in a sentence
“I don't give a toss about her.”
“This put us at the board into a Tosse.”
“"We are all in a toss, in our neighborhood," said Mistress Pottle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Coin flip”4 letters
02“light throw”4 letters
03“Throw lightly”4 letters
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