toss

Speech parts

1. toss - Noun

2. toss - Verb

Meaning

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

Hence, to try; to harass.

To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pitch flip fling chuck sling thresh pass cast throw reel slash shake sway discard propel
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Antonyms

rest contain avoid determine stop stay
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Hypernyms

vex move movement turn motion remove

Hyponyms

waste submarine retire snap dump lag

Phrases with the word

toss-up toss one's cookies on the toss of a coin toss one's hat in the ring toss one's hat into the ring toss one's name in the hat

Derivatives

tossed tost tossing

Anagrams

SSTO

Examples

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Close letter words and terms

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