toss and turn

toss and turn
Synonyms and related words:
be vigilant, blunder, careen, career, count sheep, falter, fidget, flip out, flounce, flounder, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, go pitapat, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, keep alert, labor, lurch, palpitate, pant, pitch, pitch and plunge, plunge, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seethe, shake, shiver, squirm, stagger, stay awake, struggle, stumble, sway, swell, swell with emotion, swing, thrash about, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and tumble, totter, tremble, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wallop, wallow, welter, wiggle, wriggle, writhe

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • toss and turn — Be wakeful, restless and fidgety in bed • • • Main Entry: ↑toss * * * toss and turn phrase to be unable to sleep, or to sleep badly, especially because something is worrying you I was tossing and turning all night. Thesaurus: being awake and not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • toss and turn — verb (of someone lying down, asleep or attempting to sleep) to be constantly moving, unable to lie still I didnt get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long …   Wiktionary

  • toss and turn — to be unable to sleep because of worrying. Bernard was tossing and turning all night …   New idioms dictionary

  • toss and turn — to be unable to sleep, or to sleep badly, especially because something is worrying you I was tossing and turning all night …   English dictionary

  • toss — Synonyms and related words: agitate, agonize, be poised, billow, blind bargain, blunder, bob, bobble, bowl, break, bung, call, careen, career, cast, cast at, cast lots, catapult, chance at odds, change of pace, change up, chuck, chuck at, chunk,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • toss — 1 verb 1 THROW (T) to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand: toss sth into/down/out of etc: Toss that book over here, will you? | toss sth to sb: “Catch!” said Sandra, tossing her bag to him. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • toss — toss1 [tɔs US to:s] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [T] to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand toss sth into/onto etc sth ▪ She crumpled the letter and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • toss — [[t]tɒ̱s, AM tɔ͟ːs[/t]] tosses, tossing, tossed 1) VERB If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way. [V n prep/adv] He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire... [V n prep/adv] He… …   English dictionary

  • toss — I UK [tɒs] / US [tɔs] verb Word forms toss : present tense I/you/we/they toss he/she/it tosses present participle tossing past tense tossed past participle tossed ** 1) a) [transitive] to throw something somewhere gently or in a slightly careless …   English dictionary

  • toss — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of the head PREPOSITION ▪ with a toss PHRASES ▪ a toss of your/the head ▪ ‘Of course not!’ she said with a toss of her head. 2 the toss …   Collocations dictionary

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