toss around


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verb
1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:
cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw.
Informal: fire.
2. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down:
heave, pitch, rock, roll.
3. To swing about or strike at wildly:
flail, thrash, thresh.
Idiom: toss and turn.
4. To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment:
agonize, squirm, turn, writhe.
5. To impair or destroy the composure of:
agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, shake (up), unsettle, upset.
Informal: rattle.
6. To throw (a coin) in order to decide something:
flip.
Idiom: call heads or tails.
phrasal verb
toss around
To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:
bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over).
Informal: hash (over), kick around, knock about (or around).
Slang: rap.
Idiom: go into a huddle.
phrasal verb
toss down or off
Informal. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid):
drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup.
Informal: swig.
Slang: belt.
Idiom: wet one's whistle.
noun
An act of throwing:
cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw.
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