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| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, throw with effort |
| Synonyms: | boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, fling, haul, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug, heft |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke*, rise, sign, sob, spew, surge, swell, throb, throw up, vomit, retch, spit up, suspire, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, heave, pitch, ripple, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave, ebb and flow, puff up, rise and fall, rise up |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit, spit up |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
| Synonyms: | ax*, boot*, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, heave*, remove, sack*, terminate, drum out, give a pink slip, give the heave ho |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly |
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw with abandon |
| Synonyms: | cast, catapult, chuck*, dump, fire, heave, hurl, jerk, launch, lob, peg*, pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy*, sling, toss, let fly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gasp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharply drawn breath |
| Synonyms: | blow, ejaculation, exclamation, gulp, heave, pant, puff, wheeze, whoop |
| Main Entry: | gasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw breath in sharply |
| Synonyms: | blow, catch one's breath, choke, convulse, fight for breath, gulp, heave, inhale, inspire, pant, puff, respire, sniffle, snort, wheeze, whoop |
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, pull to another spot |
| Synonyms: | back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, raise, rake, remove, ride, schlepp*, shift, shoulder, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug, piggy back, tote |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift |
| Synonyms: | elevate, erect, heave, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall, lower, push, hold down |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sigh, breathe out forcefully |
| Synonyms: | blow, expire, gasp, heave, pant, puff |
| Antonyms: | inhale |
| Main Entry: | hurl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw forcefully |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss, bung, let fly |
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier*, cast, cast off, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, throw away, unload*, deep-six, slough |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drag something around |
| Synonyms: | bear, buck, carry, convey, draw, ferry, haul, heave, hump, jerk, lift, lurch, pack, pull, rake, schlepp*, snap, tow, transport, trawl, tug, yank, tote, vellicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw, move to the side |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke*, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agitate, billow, careen, convulse, falter, heave, jiggle, jog, jolt, jounce, lurch, move, oscillate, pitch, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, roll, shake, shock, stagger, sway, swing, toss, totter, tremble, undulate, vibrate, wobble, concuss, push and pull, roll about |
| Antonyms: | hold, stabilize |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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