tossing
adj1
Colloquial, Vulgar Used to disparage or curse someone or something.
- I can't get this tossing program to work.
tossing
noun1
The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
- Starbuck himself was seen coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a craft.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 48, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
2
Business, Mining The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
- If it is necessary buddle the Tin over again , after it is sifted ( which is the best method for cleansing most sorts of Tin , for there may lie a rough waste , that will not come off by tossing and packing ) then buddle it over again1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :
3
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
- Derived terms
- dwarf tossing, fox tossing, midget tossing, salad tossing, shoe tossing