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Tossing vs Dossing - What's the difference?

tossing | dossing |

As verbs the difference between tossing and dossing

is that tossing is while dossing is .

As a noun tossing

is the motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.

As an adjective tossing

is (vulgar|colloquial) used to disparage or curse someone or something.

tossing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
  • * Herman Melville
    • Starbuck himself was seen coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a craft.
  • (mining) The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
    • (Pryce)
  • A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (vulgar, colloquial) Used to disparage or curse someone or something.
    • I can't get this tossing program to work.

    dossing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

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