tossing

Speech parts

1. tossing - Noun

2. tossing - Adjective

3. tossing - Verb

Meaning

of Toss

The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.

A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

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I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. Winston Churchill

I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none. Robert Frost

Ten thousand saw I at a glance; Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. William Wordsworth

You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me. Dave Eggers

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below. Ernest Shackleton

Let the salad-maker be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a statesman for salt, and a madman for tossing. Spanish Proverb

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