toss up

as inlikelihood
as inluck
as inodds
as inpossibility
as inprobability
as instandoff
as inwager
as insporting chance
as intoss-up
as inchance
as ineventuality
as ingamble
as inhazard
as inbet
as inchance

Synonyms for toss up

noun chance of something happening

Antonyms for toss up

unlikelihood

Word Origin & History

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.).

Example Sentences for toss up

And to my mind, it is a toss up which will make the girl the happier—Mackenzie or Hawke.

It was just a toss up whether I became an Artist or an Auctioneer.

And to laugh about it, and toss up her goldpiece and catch it with her other hand!

Maybe I'll have to toss up a penny to find out which I'd better take.

Then we'll toss up an' th' lucky man gets it to use as he wants.

Will you be so obliging as to toss up a crown-piece, while I call?'

It was a toss up at one time between that and the skipping-rope.

Now, I will toss up this pebble, and when it strikes the surface of the water we will fire.

At length it was agreed they should toss up which should make the attempt.

It ain't worth while, gentlemen, to toss up for positions, is it?

toss up

Synonyms for toss up

Antonyms for toss up

betting

chance

chances

gamble

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Synonyms for toss up

Antonyms for toss up

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