tossing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of toss. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   She is tossing the ball to her little brother.

   He kept tossing and turning all night long.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A throwing, or a sudden up-and-down movement of something.

   Like a small boat moving up and down on rough water.

   The tossing of the small boat made the children feel sick.

   A quick tossing of the coin settled their argument.

   Similarpitching, rolling, heaving, throwing

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3. 3
   adjectivevulgarcolloquial

   A rude word put before a noun to show anger or strong dislike.

   Get your tossing shoes off the couch right now.

   I can't get this tossing door to open.

   Similarbloody, damn, blasted, flaming, bleeding

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A way of making tin purer by dropping the melted metal through the air.

   At the smelter, tossing produced a cleaner grade of tin.

   The old refinery relied on tossing to improve its metal.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   A way of washing ore by shaking it hard in water to carry off the lighter bits.

   Like shaking dirt in water so the light bits float away and the heavy bits sink.

   Miners used tossing to clean the crushed rock.

   After tossing, only the heavy ore was left behind.

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