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Antonyms for toss off
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : taws, tos |
Phonetic Transcription : tɔs, tɒs |
Definition of toss off
Origin :- c.1500, possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian tossa "to strew, spread"). Related: Tossed; tossing. Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning "an act of throwing" is first recorded 1650s. Tosspot "heavy drinker" is from 1560s. Toss-up "even matter" first recorded 1809, from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c.1700). Tosser as a term of contempt in British slang is recorded from 1977, probably from slang toss off "masturbate" (1969); cf. jerk (n.).
- As in extemporaneous : adj improvised
- As in off-the-cuff : adj extemporaneous
- As in spur-of-the-moment : adj extemporaneous
- As in invent : verb create, think up
- As in ingurgitate : verb gulp
- As in sup : verb drink
- As in tank up : verb drink
- As in drink : verb take in liquid
- As in extemporize : verb improvise
- As in gulp : verb eat, drink fast
Synonyms for toss off
- absorb
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- author
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- bear
- belt
- bend the elbow
- bolt
- booze
- bring into being
- by ear
- casual
- choke down
- chugalug
- coin
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- conceive
- consume
- contrive
- cook up
- dash out
- design
- devise
- devour
- discover
- dispatch
- dispose
- dissipate
- do offhand
- down
- drain
- dream up
- drop
- englut
- engorge
- envision
- execute
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- fashion
- find
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- free
- gargle
- gobble
- gulp
- guzzle
- hatch
- hit the bottle
- imagine
- imbibe
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improve
- improvisate
- improvisatory
- improvise
- improvised
- improviso
- inaugurate
- indulge
- informal
- ingurgitate
- inhale
- initiate
- invent
- irrigate
- jam
- jamming
- knock off
- lap
- liquor up
- made-up
- make
- make up
- makeshift
- mint
- nip
- off-the-cuff
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- originate
- partake of
- plan
- play by ear
- pour
- produce
- project
- pull on
- put away
- quaff
- scarf down
- sip
- slop
- slosh
- slurp
- snap
- soak up
- sop
- sponge
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- stuff
- suck
- sup
- swallow
- swig
- swill
- take in
- tank up
- thirst
- tipple
- toast
- toss off
- toss out
- turn out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- wash down
- wet one's whistle
- wet whistle
- wing
- winging it
- wolf
- wolf down
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