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 Philippine Coast Guard via AP Images of nighttime rescue efforts showed Coast Guard personnel tossing life jackets to survivors as the ferry burned in the background. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 But in Denver and New York, Lock struggled with interceptions, including tossing a league-high 15 during the 2020 season and five in 2024. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Add reserved soy sauce mixture and cook, tossing occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half, about 2 minutes. — Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Lam was attracting attention, too, for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a night at clubs and tossing handbags worth tens of thousands of dollars to women in the crowds. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Its thin skin is easy to bite through, meaning you there’s no need to worry about peeling this apple before tossing it into the mix. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2026 This kid is a three-time state champ, has thrown at least 25 touchdowns in each of his first three seasons, and opened this year by tossing eight touchdowns in the first two games. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 But on a recent day, Aly was salvaging bricks from his razed home, tossing the good ones in a pile to sell to construction companies. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 In the seventies, Dow inaugurated an annual coin-tossing contest called the Big Flip; last year, a smokejumper won more than twenty thousand dollars. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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The Daisy Chain crowd could be seen holding up their lights and swaying to the music.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
Everyone seemingly watches them — and a little tennis — with a $23 Honey Deuce in one hand, swaying to DJ Trizz’s mixes on the sound system.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of swaying

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Following this concern, 55% of parents said their top concern was their child’s ability to complete multistep tasks such as homework while 45% of parents cited fidgeting.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026
The current boom is driven by Gen Z’s openness about mental health, social-commerce virality on TikTok and Etsy, and a broader nervous-system regulation movement that treats fidgeting as a legitimate coping tool rather than a bad habit.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of fidgeting

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Henderson played one snap in the Cougars’ 33-20 win over Oregon State, throwing an incomplete pass in the second quarter when he was forced into the game after Weigman’s helmet came off.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
It’s been this beautiful thing of throwing stuff against the wall.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of throwing

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The days of dumping out your water bottle before airport security could be numbered.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Tax-loss selling for retail investors Mutual funds aren't the only investors who can benefit from dumping their losers as the end of the year approaches.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumping

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The production’s winking tone blunts some of the original’s tear-jerking climax, yet its intact happy ending offers a surprisingly comforting vision of survival in an age of constant crises.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Henry drove off and sped up to 45 mph before jerking the car.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerking

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The storm was still hurling in a few bands of rain to Kauai early Monday, but its worst conditions are now over with, giving residents and officials space to deal with its aftermath.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Ryan released the child, after which he was handcuffed and is accused of hurling insults at the responding police officer, according to the police report.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurling

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During the response, drone pilots spotted the man discarding a rifle outside the residence, police said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
That method involves preserving the initial prompt and the last several thousand reasoning tokens, but discarding many of the intermediate reasoning tokens.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026