Synonyms of heave
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Another word for heave is project. Other synonyms of heave are launch, cast, toss, pitch and sling.
Synonyms and similar words for heave
verbTo lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
verbTo throw, cast.
- flingTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- hurlTo throw (something) with force.
- bung Australia, UK
- castTo throw.
- chuckTo throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- chunk slangTo throw.
- dashTo throw violently.
- dumpTo put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it.
- feck
- hieldTo throw; cast; put.
- hoy AustraliaTo throw.
- huckTo throw or chuck.
- launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- lobTo throw.
- peckTo throw.
- peg slangTo throw.
- pitchTo throw.
- precipitateTo throw an object or person from a great height.
- projectTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
- quoitTo throw like a quoit.
- shyTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
- slightTo throw heedlessly.
- skewTo hurl or throw.
- slingTo throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- throw
- tossTo throw with an initial upward direction.
- trajectTo throw or cast through, over, or across.
- whang Australia, UKTo throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- whipTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
- whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
- wingTo throw.
- yeet slang
- cook UK, dialectalTo throw.
- jerk obsoleteTo throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
- hurtle archaic, literaryTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
- pick obsoleteTo throw; to pitch.
- thrill obsoleteTo hurl; to throw; to cast.
- warp obsolete, rareTo throw.
verbTo pull up with a rope or cable.
verbTo retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
- throw up
- bait
- barf slang
- be sick
- blow chunks
- boak
- boke
- boot
- bork
- bow down before the porcelain godSynonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
- chuck up British, slang
- chunder
- disgorge
- drive the porcelain busSynonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl, especially while drunk or hungover”).
- erupt
- gagTo cause to heave with nausea.
- get sick euphemistic
- honk
- launch one's lunchTo vomit.
- lose one's lunchTo vomit, throw up.
- pray to the porcelain godSynonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
- puke
- puke upTo vomit.
- purge
- ralphTo vomit.
- regurgeTo throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
- regurgitate
- retch
- sick
- sick upTo vomit.
- spew
- talk to God on the big white telephone slangTo vomit into a toilet.
- talk to Ralph on the big white telephone slangTo vomit into a toilet.
- toss one's cookiesTo vomit.
- upchuckTo vomit.
- vomit
- woof one's cookiesTo vomit.
- whoopsTo vomit.
- worship the porcelain godTo vomit into a toilet bowl.
- worship the porcelain goddessSynonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
- yak
- cast up one's accounts archaic
- shoot the cat obsolete, slangTo vomit.
verbTo make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
verbTo rob; to steal from; to plunder.
- half-inchTo pinch, to steal.
- mill
- steal
- abduct
- abstract euphemistic
- appropriate
- bag
- banditTo rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- bash and grabTo perform such an act.
- bone
- boost
- burgle
- burglarizeTo commit burglary.
- borrow
- cheat
- chore
- commandeer
- confiscateTo use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- convert
- cop
- cozen
- crib
- embezzleTo steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for...
- filchTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
- fleece
- flog AustraliaTo steal something.
- gaffle
- gilravage Scotland
- heistTo steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- jack
Meaning of heave
- verb To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- verb To throw, cast.
- verb To rise and fall.
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