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tossup

noun

Meaning

  1. A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.
  2. Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.
  3. The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

off-chance(English)dust-up(English)flip flop(English)match-up(English)offchance(English)flipflop(English)crap-shoot(English)screw-up(English)leans(English)lean(English)tilt(English)forecast(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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