Synonyms of the word sky


SKYATMOSPHERE - FLING - FLIP - PITCH - TOSS

sky

  • n. (obsolete) A cloud.
  • n. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
  • n. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate…
  • n. Heaven.
  • v. (sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
  • v. (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well…
  • v. (colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.

atmosphere

  • n. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • n. The air in a particular place.
  • n. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
  • n. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm).

fling

  • n. An act of throwing, often violently.
  • n. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
  • n. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
  • n. A short, often sexual, relationship.
  • n. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
  • n. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
  • n. A kind of dance.
  • n. (obsolete) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
  • v. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence…
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.

flip

  • n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  • n. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  • n. (US, slang) A slingshot.
  • v. (transitive) To throw (as in to turn over).
  • v. (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
  • v. (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy.
  • v. To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
  • v. (computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  • interj. (Britain, mildly vulgar) used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
  • adj. (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
  • adj. Sarcastic.
  • adj. (informal) Disrespectful.
  • n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

pitch

  • n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
  • n. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
  • n. (geology) Pitchstone.
  • v. To cover or smear with pitch.
  • v. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
  • n. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
  • n. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
  • n. (sports) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is…
  • n. An effort to sell or promote something.
  • n. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread,…
  • n. The angle at which an object sits.
  • n. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
  • n. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
  • n. The place where a busker performs.
  • n. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
  • n. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
  • n. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
  • n. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
  • n. (now Britain, regional) A person or animal's height.
  • n. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
  • n. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
  • n. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate…
  • n. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
  • v. (transitive) To throw.
  • v. (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
  • v. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
  • v. (transitive) To throw away; discard.
  • v. (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
  • v. (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
  • v. (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
  • v. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes…
  • v. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
  • v. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
  • v. (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
  • v. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
  • v. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
  • v. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
  • v. (transitive, card games, slang, of a card) To discard for some gain.
  • n. (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
  • n. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune…
  • v. (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
  • v. (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.

toss

  • n. A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
  • n. (cricket, soccer) The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before…
  • n. (Britain, slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
  • v. To throw with an initial upward direction.
  • v. To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
  • v. To agitate; to make restless.
  • v. To subject to trials; to harass.
  • v. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
  • v. (informal) To discard: to toss out.
  • v. To stir or mix (a salad).
  • v. (Britain, slang) To masturbate.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables…
  • v. (intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
  • v. (intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
  • v. (obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
  • v. (rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle…

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