toss
Noun
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The act of flipping a coin (synset 101248633)
is a type of: throw - casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomlysame as: flip
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(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team (synset 100106640)
"the pass was fumbled"is a type of: throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
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An abrupt movement (synset 100346643)
"a toss of his head"
Verb
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Throw or toss with a light motion (synset 201515257)
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"is a type of: fling - throw with force or recklessnesssubtypes:
- submarine - throw with an underhand motion
- lag - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- throw back, toss back - throw back with a quick, light motion
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Lightly throw to see which side comes up (synset 201897072)
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"is a type of: turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sensesame as: flip
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Throw carelessly (synset 201517157)
"chuck the ball"is a type of: throw - propel through the airsame as: chuck
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Move or stir about violently (synset 201894785)
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"subtypes: whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash
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Throw or cast away (synset 202227100)
"Put away your worries"is a type of: get rid of, remove - dispose ofsubtypes:
- unlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
- deep-six, give it the deep six - toss out; get rid of
- jettison - throw away, of something encumbering
- junk, scrap, trash - dispose of (something useless or old)
- waste - get rid of
- dump - throw away as refuse
- retire - dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
- abandon - forsake, leave behind
- liquidize, sell out, sell up - sell or get rid of all one's merchandise
- de-access - dispose of by selling
- close out - terminate by selling off or disposing of
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Agitate (synset 201421190)
"toss the salad"entail: amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify - to bring or combine together or with something elseis a type of: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex - change the arrangement or position ofsubtypes: tumble - put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
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