| VERB | contact | toss, flip, sky, pitch | throw or toss with a light motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | toss, flip | lightly throw to see which side comes up | |
| contact | toss, chuck | throw carelessly | |
| motion | toss, convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate | move or stir about violently | |
| possession | toss, discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away | |
| contact | toss | agitate | |
| NOUN | act | toss, flip | the act of flipping a coin |
| act | toss, pass, flip | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | |
| act | toss | an abrupt movement |
| Sounds | tao's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | across ... sauce: 21 rhymes with aos... | |
| Meaning | The act of flipping a coin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | flip | |
| Broader | throw | Casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly |
| Verbs | toss | lightly throw to see which side comes up |
| Meaning | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pass, flip | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Narrower | centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back |
| Broader | throw | The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) |
| Spanish | pase | |
| Catalan | passada | |
| Verbs | toss | throw or toss with a light motion |
| toss | throw carelessly | |
| Meaning | An abrupt movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a toss of his head" | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Verbs | toss | move or stir about violently |
| Meaning | Throw or toss with a light motion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The children toss the ball | |
| Example | "toss me newspaper" | |
| Synonyms | flip, sky, pitch | |
| Narrower | lag | Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins |
| submarine | Throw with an underhand motion | |
| throw back, toss back | throw back with a quick, light motion | |
| Broader | fling | Throw with force or recklessness |
| Spanish | echar, lanzar, tirar al aire | |
| Nouns | toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team |
| tosser | someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward) | |
| Meaning | lightly throw to see which side comes up. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They toss the coin | |
| Synonym | flip | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | arrojar, lanzar, tirar | |
| Catalan | fer volar, llançar, llençar, tirar | |
| Nouns | toss | the act of flipping a coin |
| tosser | someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward) | |
| Meaning | Throw carelessly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The children toss the ball | |
| Synonym | chuck | |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
| Spanish | tirar | |
| Nouns | toss | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team |
| Meaning | Move or stir about violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate | |
| Narrower | whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash |
| Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | acuchillar, agitar, convelerse, dar vueltas, moverse agitadamente, reducir, sacudirse, sacudir, trillar, vapulear | |
| Catalan | convulsar, crispar, remenar | |
| Nouns | toss | an abrupt movement |
| Meaning | throw or cast away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | |
| Narrower | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
| close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of | |
| de-access | dispose of by selling | |
| deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out | |
| dump | throw away as refuse | |
| jettison | throw away, of something encumbering | |
| retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | |
| sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise | |
| trash, junk, scrap | dispose of (something useless or old) | |
| unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | |
| waste | Get rid of | |
| Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
| Spanish | arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar | |
| Catalan | apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar | |
| Meaning | agitate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs toss the vegetables | |
| Example | "toss the salad" | |
| Entails | mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate | To bring or combine together or with something else |
| Narrower | tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying |
| Broader | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of |
| Spanish | sacudir | |
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