Meanings
nouncoin toss (plural coin tosses)
plural coin tosses · alternative coin-toss · alternative rare cointoss
- A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision.
Australia won the coin toss and chose to bat first.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn uncertain selection between two outcomes of similar likelihood, or between two objects of similar quality.
Translations
Finnish kolikonheitto
- kolikonheittoflip of a coin
German Münzwurf
- Münzwurfflip of a coin
Italian lancio di moneta
- lancio di monetaflip of a coin
Japanese コイントス
- コイントス (kointosu)flip of a coin
Korean 동전 던지기
- 동전 던지기 (dongjeon deonjigi)flip of a coin
Spanish volado
- voladoflip of a coin
Turkish yazı tura, para atışı
- yazı turaflip of a coin
- para atışıflip of a coin
Welsh tafliad ceiniog, hwsgip
- tafliad ceiniogflip of a coin
- hwsgipflip of a coin
Cite this entry
APA
coin toss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coin%20toss
MLA
“coin toss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coin%20toss. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coin toss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coin%20toss.
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