Synonyms for toss up

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : taws, tos

Phonetic Transcription : tɔs, tɒs

Top 10 synonyms for toss up

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Définition of toss up

Origin : c.1500, possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian tossa "to strew, spread"). Related: Tossed; tossing. Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning "an act of throwing" is first recorded 1650s. Tosspot "heavy drinker" is from 1560s. Toss-up "even matter" first recorded 1809, from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c.1700). Tosser as a term of contempt in British slang is recorded from 1977, probably from slang toss off "masturbate" (1969); cf. jerk (n.).

As in likelihood : noun chance of something happening
As in luck : noun chance
As in odds : noun probability
As in possibility : noun feasibility, likelihood; chance
As in probability : noun likelihood of something happening
As in standoff : noun draw, tie
As in wager : noun money or something gambled
As in sporting chance : noun good chance
As in toss-up : noun even chance
As in chance : noun fate, luck
As in eventuality : noun something that probably will happen
As in gamble : noun chance, speculation
As in hazard : noun luck, chance
As in bet : verb gamble
As in chance : verb risk, endanger

Example sentences :

And to my mind, it is a toss up which will make the girl the happier—Mackenzie or Hawke.
Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon

It was just a toss up whether I became an Artist or an Auctioneer.
Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Making Enemies » by James McNeill Whistler

And to laugh about it, and toss up her goldpiece and catch it with her other hand!
Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Maybe I'll have to toss up a penny to find out which I'd better take.
Extract from : « Carl and the Cotton Gin » by Sara Ware Bassett

Then we'll toss up an' th' lucky man gets it to use as he wants.
Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up » by Clarence Edward Mulford

Will you be so obliging as to toss up a crown-piece, while I call?'
Extract from : « The Purcell Papers » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

It was a toss up at one time between that and the skipping-rope.
Extract from : « The Prude's Progress » by Jerome K. Jerome

Now, I will toss up this pebble, and when it strikes the surface of the water we will fire.
Extract from : « Archibald Malmaison » by Julian Hawthorne

At length it was agreed they should toss up which should make the attempt.
Extract from : « The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley » by Bertram Mitford

It ain't worth while, gentlemen, to toss up for positions, is it?
Extract from : « The Humors of Falconbridge » by Jonathan F. Kelley

Antonyms for toss up

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