toss
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of flipping a coin
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- flip derivation
Sense 2 verb
throw or toss with a light motion
flip me the beachball
Types & categories
- fling hypernym
- submarine hyponym
- lag hyponym
- throw back hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
the pass was fumbled
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
lightly throw to see which side comes up
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an abrupt movement
a toss of his head
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- thresh derivation
Sense 6 verb
throw carelessly
chuck the ball
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- toss derivation
Sense 7 verb
move or stir about violently
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
throw or cast away
Put away your worries
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- disposition derivation
- throwing away derivation
- fling derivation
- discard derivation
Sense 9 verb
agitate
toss the salad
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mingle entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flip |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tosser |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | submarine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | throw back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chuck |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twitch |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | centering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tosser |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | thresh |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrash |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | jactation |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | shake |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | whip |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | throwing away |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fling |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | discard |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | get rid of |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | unlearn |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | deep-six |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | jettison |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrap |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | dump |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidize |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-access |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |
| 9 | entails | Related & opposite | mingle |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | raise up |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumble |