tossing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of toss

plural tossings

1. 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. businessThe 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

   1778, 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.

1. colloquialnot comparablevulgarUsed to disparage or curse someone or something.

   I can't get this tossing program to work.