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In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by t______ a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands .In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by tossing a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands .
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns.
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.
word toss
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verb
If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way.
He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire.
He tossed his blanket aside and got up.
He tossed Malone a bottle of water, and took one himself.
If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backwards, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt .
'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head.
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face.
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his coffee.
In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by tossing a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands .
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns.
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.
If something such as the wind or sea tosses an object, it causes it to move from side to side or up and down.
The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork.
As the plane was tossed up and down, the pilot tried to stabilise it.
If you toss food while preparing it, you put pieces of it into a liquid and lightly shake them so that they become covered with the liquid.
Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve.
Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture.
Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad.
noun
The toss is a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game, that consists of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.
inflections tossestossingtossed
cefr-level C1

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