Word Finder - tossing

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To throw with an initial upward direction.

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Toss it over here!

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To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

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to toss the head

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To agitate; to make restless.

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To subject to trials; to harass.

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To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

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I'll toss you for it.

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To discard: to toss out

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I don't need it any more; you can just toss it.

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To stir or mix (a salad).

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to toss a salad; a tossed salad.

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(British slang) To masturbate

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To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

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"Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."

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To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

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tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep

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To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.

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To keep in play; to tumble over.

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to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar

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To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

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(British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

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The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.

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The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.

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A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

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Used to disparage or curse someone or something.

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I can't get this tossing program to work.

Jackson began tossing pieces of bread.

Dan called, tossing a small package.

When it didn't return, she opened the suitcase and began tossing clothes into it.

She'd spent the night tossing and turning, trying to figure out what to do.

Less tossing and turning may equal a much better night's sleep.

Snapping it open, she pulled out a dresser drawer and began tossing things in.

He snatched the phone and rolled down the window, tossing it.

He would make his father pay for tossing them out.

Was he tossing out an invitation?

Katie returned, tossing the sleeping bag and a small shaving bag filled with basics on one bunk.

Tossing the brush on the dresser, she turned away from the mirror.

Completely forgetting about the past is tossing away a valuable lesson.

The man before her snatched one arm and flipped out a knife, cutting through her black clothing and tossing it aside.

Cynthia finished her wedding pronouncement by tossing out a comment about her foolish son considering delaying the final year of his education to play professional baseball, a decision against which she and Rose Calvia planned to exert a full court press.

She lowered the titanium glass and stepped away, tossing the case onto a desk.

Rhyn responded by pulling a dagger from the small of his back and tossing it.

We started tossing stuff in the blender with frozen blood.

Her eyes blurred but she forced tears away, tossing off the blankets.

He reached into it roughly and yanked out her phone, tossing it to Jonny.

The fork (90), used for tossing straw, was common in the Old Kingdom, but none has been found.

He wasn't feverish, but he was tossing in his sleep.

The game is played by tossing the dice from one end of the table to the other.

This is alternated with little smacking sounds, followed by a long period of tossing and turning and rearranging the pillows.

The three women of Cub resisted labels and focused on having fun, which was very evident in their live shows, during which the group could often be seen tossing candy to the audience.

Where there is water, there is fun, and tossing a few beach balls into the water or stringing a volley ball net across the shallow end of the pool will give your guests some more options as well.

The Samhain celebration included fortune telling, the lighting of bonfires and the tossing of animal bones and items from the harvest onto these fires.

Lots of balloons, confetti and streamers are great for tossing onto the birthday boy/girl as he/she enters the party, too.

Instruct kids to begin tossing the crab back and forth to each other.

He is also among the third season's cast of Donald Trump's reality show, Celebrity Apprentice.On Losing It, Curtis Stone will start off by clearing out the kitchen and tossing all of the unhealthy, processed foods.

It is packaged in a 6.7 ounce squeeze tube and is perfect for tossing inside a large purse or desk drawer.

Tossing the hot pan holder on the counter, she untied the apron.

Tossing the two of them into the same thought brought out the contrast.

They each went to their assigned wagon and lit a match, tossing it inside the wagon and moving away from the circle almost in unison.

She tugged off her shirt and wrapped it in towels to dry it before tossing it in the dryer.

Xander held up a hand, catching the bullets and then tossing them.

Shaking her head, she pulled out a t-shirt and jeans, tossing them on the bed.

They continued to watch as the children began tossing small stones at their floating treasure, trying to halt its progress, when the sound of a horn startled them.

She perched on a boulder near the entrance, wondering how many nights of Sasha-type treatment she'd take before tossing herself off the cliff.

The night was a blur in her mind, a combination of strange, fuzzy dreams about blood and tossing and turning from the horrible fever.

All obediently requested quick deaths, and he granted them, tossing their souls into the lake instead of crushing them to send them to Hell, which was the usual fate for the souls of traitors.

Elise snapped, tossing a glance over her shoulder at the brunette trying to wriggle free of her.

Soldiers dressed in PMF grays and others in the fed's black uniforms began unloading the transport, tossing cases of rations to the ground.

Suddenly she jumped up onto a tub to be higher than he, embraced him so that both her slender bare arms clasped him above his neck, and, tossing back her hair, kissed him full on the lips.

Usually, consumers purchase a replacement mattress or seek a new one because of the various problems people have with discomfort when they awake may not from pain, but from tossing and turning.

If you ordinarily fall asleep at the drop of a hat, but are now spending hours awake, tossing and turning each night, this can be something worth paying greater attention to.

If you feel that you are losing too much money in the stock market, and are tossing and turning at night, it may be time to reevaluate your portfolio.

It darted back toward her, and she scrambled to get out of its path, tossing sand at it.

Tossing her worn clothing into the brown paper, she tied it up and left the room.

After his endless tossing about, this seemed a promise and place of repose.

Zeus or Hera throws Hephaestus or Ate out of heaven, as in the Iroquois myth of the tossing from heaven of Ataentsic. There is, as usual, no agreement as to the etymology of the name of Hephaestus.