tossing
noun
- act of throwing randomly perhaps underhand or casually
Wiktionary
adj
- Used to disparage or curse someone or something.
“I can't get this tossing program to work.”
noun
- 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.”
- 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 again”
- A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
verb
- present participle and gerund of toss