"heads or tails" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-heads or tails.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} heads or tails
  1. (idiomatic) The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: make heads or tails of, heads or harps, toss a coin Translations (heads or tails): طُرَّةٌ أَم نَقْشٌ (ṭurratun ʔam naqšun) (Arabic), طُرَّةٌ أَو نَقْشٌ (ṭurratun ʔaw naqšun) (Arabic), գիր-ղուշ (gir-ġuš) (Armenian), pennoù pe lostoù (Breton), ези́ или́ тура́ (ezí ilí turá) (Bulgarian), a cara o creu (Catalan), 擲硬幣 (english: toss a coin) (Chinese Mandarin), 掷硬币 (zhì yìngbì) (Chinese Mandarin), 擲毫 (Chinese Mandarin), 掷毫 (zhì háo) (Chinese Mandarin), panna nebo orel (Czech), plat eller krone (Danish), kruis of munt (Dutch), kop of munt (Dutch), monerumado (Esperanto), kolikonheitto (Finnish), lantinheitto (Finnish), kruuna vai klaava (Finnish), pile ou face (French), Kopf oder Zahl (German), κορώνα ή γράμματα (koróna í grámmata) (Greek), עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי (étz ó páli) (Hebrew), fej vagy írás (Hungarian), testa o croce [feminine] (Italian), コイントス (koin tosu) (Japanese), 앞이야 뒤야 (apiya dwiya) (Korean), cipars vai ģerbonis (Latvian), herbas arba skaičius (Lithuanian), глава или писмо (glava ili pismo) (Macedonian), krone eller mynt (Norwegian), orzeł czy reszka (Polish), cara ou coroa [masculine] (Portuguese), cap sau pajură (Romanian), орля́нка (orljánka) [feminine] (Russian), орёл и́ли ре́шка (orjól íli réška) (Russian), águila o sol [Mexico] (Spanish), cara o ceca [Argentina] (Spanish), cara o corona [El-Salvador] (Spanish), cara o cruz [Spain, especially] (Spanish), cara o escudo [Cuba, Guatemala] (Spanish), cara o número [Uruguay] (Spanish), cara o sello [Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela] (Spanish), escudo o corona [Costa-Rica] (Spanish), krona eller klave (Swedish), singla slant (Swedish), kara-krus (Tagalog), yazı tura (Turkish), tu blaen ynteu tu chwith (Welsh), gwlybyn ynte sychyn (english: Southwest) (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "krona eller klave"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "singla slant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "kara-krus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "yazı tura"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "tu blaen ynteu tu chwith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "english": "Southwest",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heads or tails",
      "word": "gwlybyn ynte sychyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heads or tails"
}

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