• Tossing

    Verb

    1. Present participle of toss

    Full definition of tossing

    Noun

    tossing

    (plural tossings)
    1. The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
      • Herman MelvilleStarbuck himself was seen coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a craft.
    2. (mining) The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
    3. A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

    Adjective

    tossing

    1. (vulgar, colloquial) Used to disparage or curse someone or something.I can't get this tossing program to work.
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