tossing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb throw or toss with a light motion
    toss; sky; flip; pitch.
    • flip me the beachball
    • toss me newspaper
  2. verb lightly throw to see which side comes up
    toss; flip.
    • I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
  3. verb throw carelessly
    toss; chuck.
    • chuck the ball
  4. verb move or stir about violently
    thresh about; thrash about; convulse; jactitate; thresh; slash; toss; thrash.
    • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
  5. verb throw or cast away
    dispose; cast aside; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
    • Put away your worries
  6. verb agitate
    toss.
    • toss the salad

WordNet

Toss"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
  2. (Mining) (a) 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. Pryce. (b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Webster 1913