A game in which coins are thrown at a mark, the person who throws nearest having the right of tossing all the coins, and keeping those which come down head uppermost.
Careless treatment of something, or trusting to luck about it.
A game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails.
A place for throwing.
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
An act of throwing.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
Easily frightened; timid.
Embarrassed.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Short, insufficient or less than.
To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
(transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
To jump back in fear.
To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.