toss (down or off)

verb

Definition of toss (down or off)next
as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form tossed off the last of the medicine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toss (down or off)
  1. sip
  2. drink
  3. gulp
  4. knock back
Verb
  • Six months later, a heavily scarred Margo is discovered by Paul and Lydia's police officer nephew Nate (Kevin Alves) while sipping a drink at a bar.
    TIME, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Slather yourself in a fluffy throw, sip a green tea, and graze on strawberry sorbet with frozen raspberries and blueberries.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of sip
Verb
  • The American Heart Association (AHA) advises against the idea of starting to drink alcohol just to try to prevent heart disease.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Beyond just my daughter, me, and the occasional friend she’s seen drinking from an Owala, Amazon shoppers love the brand, too.
    Terri Peters, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of drink
Verb
  • Now revitalized, Madeline confronts Helen, who has also gulped the elixir, and wild smackdowns and realignments follow.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of gulp
Verb
  • His rescuers were absolutely hammered— knocking back beers, aimlessly touring the storm—but their drunken hearts were in the right place.
    Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
  • In Paris, Diana was tricked, by her husband and mine, into knocking back a wineglass that had a dead fly in it.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
Definition of knock back
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“Toss (down or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss%20%28down%20or%20off%29. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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