Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.

    It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well.

  2. Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.

  3. The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.

  4. A toss-up question.

More definitions
  • an unpredictable phenomenon

Translations

3 languages

Origin

Deverbal from toss up, suggesting tossing a coin.

Deverbal from toss up, suggesting tossing a coin.

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Forms

plural: toss-ups

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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