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as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas
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2
as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat
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as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
toss that football over here
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as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
tossed off the last of the medicine
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Recent Examples of toss
Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Many audiences may remember him as the prisoner on the boat in The Dark Knight (2008) who tosses the detonator into the ocean.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Cook until onions start to soften for about 3 minutes and then toss everything together.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
One of several civil lawsuits filed in New York claiming that two brothers considered titans in the luxury real estate industry raped a woman as a third brother watched, was tossed by a federal judge Wednesday.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Those plans, however, were tossed aside during the early stages of the Bolivarian Socialist Revolution and years of mismanagement and corruption caused production to fall bellow the level of one million barrels per day.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Many audiences may remember him as the prisoner on the boat in The Dark Knight (2008) who tosses the detonator into the ocean.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Cook until onions start to soften for about 3 minutes and then toss everything together.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
One of several civil lawsuits filed in New York claiming that two brothers considered titans in the luxury real estate industry raped a woman as a third brother watched, was tossed by a federal judge Wednesday.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Toss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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