Meaning & use
tosses
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Throws something lightly, carelessly, or with a light flick of the wrist.
See it in a sentence
She tosses the ball to her dog every morning in the park.
He tosses and turns for hours before finally falling asleep.
A note on using this word
Third-person singular present tense of "toss"; the word implies a lighter, more casual motion than "throw."
Words with a similar meaning
flingsthrows
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Words with an opposite meaning
catches
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