verb
- Throw or toss with a light motion.
- usage: "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
- Lightly throw to see which side comes up.
- usage: "I don't know what to do-I may as well flip a coin"
- Throw carelessly.
- usage: "chuck the ball"
- Move or stir about violently.
- usage: "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
- synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
- Throw or cast away.
- usage: "Put away your worries"
- Agitate.
- usage: "toss the salad"
- synonyms: toss
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