Dictionary entry details
• TOSS (noun)
Meaning:
The act of flipping a coin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
toss; flip
Hypernyms ("toss" is a kind of...):
throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)
Meaning:
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
toss; flip; pass
Context example:
the pass was fumbled
Hypernyms ("toss" is a kind of...):
throw (the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toss"):
centering; snap ((American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back)
Meaning:
An abrupt movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a toss of his head
Hypernyms ("toss" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
• TOSS (verb)
Meaning:
Throw or toss with a light motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
toss; sky; pitch; flip
Context examples:
flip me the beachball / toss me newspaper
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
fling (throw with force or recklessness)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toss"):
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The children toss the ball
Meaning:
Lightly throw to see which side comes up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
flip; toss
Context example:
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They toss the coin
Meaning:
Throw carelessly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
chuck; toss
Context example:
chuck the ball
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The children toss the ball
Meaning:
Move or stir about violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
thresh about; thresh; thrash about; jactitate; thrash; convulse; toss; slash
Context example:
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toss"):
whip (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
toss away; throw away; discard; chuck out; cast away; cast aside; toss out; cast out; dispose; put away; throw out; fling; toss
Context example:
Put away your worries
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toss"):
de-access (dispose of by selling)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (get rid of all one's merchandise)
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
pension off; retire (dispose of; as of old clothes)
dump (throw away as refuse)
waste (get rid of)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Agitate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
toss the salad
Hypernyms (to "toss" is one way to...):
agitate; commove; disturb; raise up; shake up; stir up; vex (change the arrangement or position of)
"Toss" entails doing...:
amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify (to bring or combine together or with something else)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toss"):
tumble (put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs toss the vegetables
