TOSSING Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

tossing

verb

present participle of toss

as in swaying

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

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as in fidgeting

to make jerky or restless movements tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

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as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm toss that football over here

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as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

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Recent Examples of tossing So even in a 3-3 game in the sixth inning on the road against a division rival, the Braves had to turn to Thomas, a soft-tossing 28-year-old pitching in just his fourth MLB game. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 28 July 2026 Instead, Meier advises tossing your trash in the correct cans provided. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026 Starship released the Starlink V3s using its Pez-like deployer, tossing them overboard through a slit-like opening on the side of the spacecraft. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026 Toast ½ cup raw pecans in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing halfway through, until fragrant and slightly darkened in color, 13–17 minutes. — Matt Lewis, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026 Without completely tossing your wallet out the window, the Bose QuietComfort Headphones are an easy choice that checks all these boxes. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 Others drape seal intestines over their fins or take turns tossing sea lion pelts into the air, Shields said. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Evans hit another amazing dive to the outside on Theory before tossing Breakker into the timekeepers area. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Brady and Gronkowski got the crowd going with a little chicken Hail Mary moment, with the quarterback tossing some Cane’s chicken fingers into a cup of sauce the tight end was holding. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

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Styled after a tropical paradise with swaying palm trees, Lost Island Waterpark offers endless aquatic fun during its summertime opening season, with slides, rides, and attractions.

— Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
After a few hours under the hot sun, there was no better cool down than swaying to Babyface classics.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 22, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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In the secondary, DaRon Bland and Cobie Durant handled the outside corner responsibilities, and both held their own despite Prescott having mostly a pretty precise afternoon throwing the football.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Jake Cronenworth made an A-plus defensive play, throwing from his right knee on the grass directly behind second base to deny Cole Carrigg a single.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026

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The same boom-and-bust dependency on the oil industry, whose profits were now funnelled through the regime and its allies, kept the country lurching from one crisis to the next.

— Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.

— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of lurching

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Video from outside the arena shows counterprotesters shouting through megaphones, hurling slurs and attempting to rip XX-XY shirts from the hands of Cunningham’s supporters.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
While brief, the gag points to the extreme side of identity politics, where hurling accusations against others for their online transgressions is all too common.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

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Okegbe recommends immediately discarding any can that’s bulging, leaking, heavily rusted, or dented.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
But more typical are quality-of-life complaints from riders who report people drinking or getting high at stations or discarding bags of fast food debris on platforms.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026