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 In the second quarter, Jack Fox lined up to punt before tossing an 11-yard pass to Tay Martin, which gave Detroit the ball at the 41. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026 Check The Care Label First Before tossing your comforter into the washing machine, check the care label. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026 Toss and continue to cook, tossing occasionally, until browned on both sides, about 3 minutes more. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026 The bear brings the moment of Richards tossing her hat in the air to life in a way fans can take home. — Derek James, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Try adding chickpeas to salads, tossing peas into pasta, or using lentils in soup. — Lindsey Desoto, HEALTH, 4 Nov. 2026 Nearby, tossing a bean bag was Mateo Chavez, 12, a seventh-grader from North Chicago. — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 For your next trip, consider tossing a compact hand cream and hand sanitizer into your carry-on bag. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2026 The gangbanger brother of one of the men involved in a deadly nightclub shootout in Brooklyn faces federal charges for tossing two guns out of his window when police came looking for his trigger-happy sibling. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

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Verb

Foliage rustles in the autumn wind here, and where there aren’t corn husks swaying, there are flat, lonely expanses of dirt where crops have been harvested.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Las Palmas, for one, is a touch more private, surrounded by swaying palms and with a view of the ocean from the top deck.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of swaying

Verb

Weaving every movement together are barely perceptible particles that make your ears blink and double-take—bubbles, dolphin gurgles, memory chips fidgeting, sprites hiccuping.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of fidgeting

Verb

The Cubs expect Brown will start throwing after the new year.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Meaning, short of throwing him onstage as a hologram or doling out money-grabbing box sets, a tasteful collection with a brand with a real connection to his work is actually one of the better options that exist.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

Retail clients at BofA, meanwhile, were net sellers for the fourth straight week, dumping roughly $2 billion in stocks.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
For season three, FX and Hulu should release episodes weekly, instead of dumping the whole thing on the table at once.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of dumping

Verb

By the end of the lengthy, lurching first act, the entire eight-person cast is onstage.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
After a handful of supremely mellow releases that blended lurching ’90s breakbeats with wintry, Mazzy Star-like songwriting, their third album dives into a vat of mercurial distortion and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurching

Verb

And like any great sitcom, Friends runs the gamut from numbing brain-rot to tear-jerking sentimentality.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Even after a bailiff woke him up, Martin slumped over in his wheelchair, inside a courtroom bullpen, occasionally jerking and opening his eyes.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerking

Verb

After a bloody skirmish with the orcs and wild men, an imposing figure arrives on horseback, grabbing one of the warriors and hurling him at Galadriel’s approaching horse.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Videos showed some masked protesters hurling objects at police as the tear gas drifted across the square.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of hurling

Verb

The attack caused temperatures in fridges and freezers to rise sharply, with at least one store reporting temperatures of up to 50°C (122°F) and other retailers discarding food.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Still, discarding more than one fourth of a Tarantino script feels like a pretty bold move.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026