toss
verb
[ tɒs ]
• throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually.
• "Suzy tossed her bag on to the sofa"
Similar:
throw,
hurl,
cast,
fling,
sling,
pitch,
shy,
lob,
propel,
launch,
project,
send,
dash,
bowl,
heave,
chuck,
bung,
• move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth.
• "the trees tossed in the wind"
Similar:
flail,
thrash about,
roll,
tumble,
jerk,
twitch,
wriggle,
writhe,
squirm,
lurch,
reel,
list,
keel,
veer,
labour,
flounder,
plunge,
rock,
sway,
undulate,
pitch,
heave,
wallow,
make heavy weather,
pitchpole,
• search (a place).
• "I could demand her keys and toss her office"
toss
noun
• an act or instance of tossing something.
• "a defiant toss of her head"
Origin:
early 16th century: of unknown origin.
