| 单词 | toss |
| 释义 | toss (once / 197 pages) vn When you lightly throw something, you toss it. You might toss your lifejacket and backpack into a canoe before climbing in with the paddles. You can toss a baseball to your friend in the backyard, or toss your trash in a wastebasket when you're finished with lunch. You can also toss a coin or toss a salad. Another way to toss is to move back and forth — or thrash — like an insomniac in bed or a boat on a stormy ocean. WORD FAMILYtoss: tossed, tosser, tosses, tossing+/tosser: tossers USAGE EXAMPLESProposals to limit early voting times and locations, following a federal judge’s tossing of a state law that did just that, are also expected. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) On the next play, Booker T.’s quarterback, who last year suffered a concussion that left him foaming at the mouth, tossed an interception. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Washington won the coin toss and chose to receive the opening kick. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v throw or toss with a light motion toss me newspaper Syn|Hypo|Hyper flip, pitch, sky submarine throw with an underhand motion lagthrow or pitch at a mark, as with coins throw back, toss backthrow back with a quick, light motion fling throw with force or recklessness 2v lightly throw to see which side comes up Syn|Hyper flip turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 3v throw carelessly Syn|Hyper chuck throw propel through the air 4v agitate toss the salad Hypo|Hyper tumble put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex change the arrangement or position of 5v move or stir about violently Syn|Hypo|Hyper convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about whip thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash agitate, shake move or cause to move back and forth 6v throw or cast away Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss away, toss out unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit deep-six, give it the deep sixtoss out; get rid of jettisonthrow away, of something encumbering junk, scrap, trashdispose of (something useless or old) wasteget rid of dumpthrow away as refuse retiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed) abandonforsake; leave behind liquidize, sell out, sell upget rid of all one's merchandise de-accessdispose of by selling close outterminate by selling off or disposing of chuck, ditchthrow away dispense withforgo or do or go without forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waivelose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime consigncommit forever; commit irrevocably get rid of, remove dispose of 7n (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team Syn|Hypo|Hyper flip, pass centering, snap (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) 8n an abrupt movement a toss of his head Hyper motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 9n the act of flipping a coin Syn|Hyper flip throw casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly |
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