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bung
[buhng] 
| Main Entry: |
cast
[kast, kahst]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside |
| Synonyms: | boot, bung, chuck, drive, drop, fire*, fling, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss |
| Antonyms: | catch, gather |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw forcefully |
| Synonyms: | bung, cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, let fly, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss |
| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send off |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombard, bung, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, send forth, set afloat, set in motion, shoot, sling, throw, toss |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | pitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw, hurl |
| Synonyms: | bung, cast, chuck, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, sling, toss, unseat |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it pitch is movement up and down and yaw is movement side to side on a ship, airplane, or other conveyance |
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stopper |
| Synonyms: | bung, connection, cork, filling, fitting, occlusion, river, spigot, stopple, tampon, wedge |
| Antonyms: | mouth, opening |
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop up |
| Synonyms: | block, bung, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, cover, drive in, fill, obstruct, occlude, pack, ram, seal, secure, stop, stopper, stopple, stuff |
| Antonyms: | uncork, unplug, unstopper |
| Main Entry: | sling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or hang over |
| Synonyms: | bung, cast, catapult, chuck, dangle, fire, fling, heave, hoist, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, raise, send, shoot, suspend, swing, toss, weight |
| Main Entry: | toss |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | throw |
| Synonyms: | bung, cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, sling, twirl, wing |
| Antonyms: | catch |
| Main Entry: | stopper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plug |
| Synonyms: | bung, cork, fill, lid, stopple, wad |
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