tosses off

Does without effort

Tosses off has two main clusters of meaning.

The first involves producing something quickly or casually, without much effort: She tossed off a reply and moved on, He can toss off a sonnet in twenty minutes.

The second is vulgar slang for masturbating, especially a man: tossing off in the shower.

In British English, to toss someone off is to masturbate them.

Related

quips · banters · composes · sketches · waves away · pays no mind · couldn't care less · disregards · ridicules · derides · jots down · knocks out · rejects · extemporizes · lampoons · makes light of · overlooks · spurns

Opposites
effort and care

tosses offpolishes

Rubs until shiny

pores over · refines · perfects · belabors · overthinks

seriousness of approach

tosses offcontemplates

Considers thoughtfully at length

mulls over

retention vs. dismissal

tosses offclings to

Holds on tightly

savors · nurses · keeps · retains · cherishes

Family

toss, tosses, tossed, tossing, off

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG