toss
1. the act of flipping a coin (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
flip
• Derivationally related forms:
flip (for: flip)
• Hypernyms:
throw
2. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team (Freq. 2)
- the pass was fumbled
• Syn:
pass, flip
• Derivationally related forms:
flip (for: flip)
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Hyponyms:
centering, snap
3. an abrupt movement
- a toss of his head
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move, motility
1. throw or toss with a light motion (Freq. 13)
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
• Syn:
flip, sky, pitch
• Derivationally related forms:
pitch (for: pitch), tosser, flip (for: flip)
• Hypernyms:
fling
• Hyponyms:
submarine, lag, throw back, toss back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The children toss the ball
2. lightly throw to see which side comes up (Freq. 10)
- I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
• Syn:
flip
• Derivationally related forms:
tosser, flip (for: flip)
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- They toss the coin
3. throw carelessly (Freq. 5)
- chuck the ball
• Syn:
chuck
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The children toss the ball
4. move or stir about violently (Freq. 4)
- The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
• Syn:
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about,
slash, jactitate
• Derivationally related forms:
jactitation (for: jactitate), thrash (for: thrash)
• Hypernyms:
shake, agitate
• Hyponyms:
whip
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. throw or cast away (Freq. 1)
- Put away your worries
• Syn:
discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out,
chuck out, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away
• Derivationally related forms:
disposition (for: dispose), disposal (for: dispose), fling (for: fling), discard (for: discard)
• Hypernyms:
get rid of, remove
• Hyponyms:
unlearn, deep-six, give it the deep six, jettison, trash,
junk, scrap, waste, dump, retire, abandon,
sell out, sell up, liquidize, de-access, close out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. agitate (Freq. 1)
- toss the salad
• Hypernyms:
agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up,
stir up, raise up
• Hyponyms:
tumble
• Entailment:
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The chefs toss the vegetables
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