"toss a coin" meaning in English

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          "text": "We will toss a coin to see which team goes first.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To flick a coin into the air, making it spin, in order to use the resultant upturned side (“heads or tails”) for making a decision."
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        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
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          "heads or tails",
          "heads or tails"
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        {
          "word": "coin toss"
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          "word": "heads or tails"
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        {
          "word": "flip a coin"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qaḏafa al-ʕumlata",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "قَذَفَ العُمْلَةَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ramā bi-l-ʕumlati",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "رَمَى بِالعُمْلَةِ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qaḏafa al-nuqūda",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "قَذَفَ النُقُودَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ramā bi-l-nuqūdi",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "رَمَى بِالنُقُودِ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "heittää kolikkoa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "eine Münze werfen"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "kasta peningi"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "kasta pening"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "kasta upp peningi"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "kasta upp pening"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "lanciare una moneta"
        },
        {
          "alt": "بالا",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "سکه افکندن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rzucić monetą"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rzucać monetą"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podbrósitʹ monétu",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "подбро́сить моне́ту"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podbrásyvatʹ monétu",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подбра́сывать моне́ту"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "lanzar una moneda"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "singla slant"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
          "word": "yazı tura atmak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "toss a coin"
}

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      "form": "tosses a coin",
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    {
      "form": "tossing a coin",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "tossed a coin",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "tossed a coin",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "coin toss"
    },
    {
      "word": "heads or tails"
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          "text": "We will toss a coin to see which team goes first.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To flick a coin into the air, making it spin, in order to use the resultant upturned side (“heads or tails”) for making a decision."
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      "word": "flip a coin"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaḏafa al-ʕumlata",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "قَذَفَ العُمْلَةَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ramā bi-l-ʕumlati",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "رَمَى بِالعُمْلَةِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaḏafa al-nuqūda",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "قَذَفَ النُقُودَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ramā bi-l-nuqūdi",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "رَمَى بِالنُقُودِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "heittää kolikkoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "eine Münze werfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "kasta peningi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "kasta pening"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "kasta upp peningi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "kasta upp pening"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "lanciare una moneta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "بالا",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "سکه افکندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "rzucić monetą"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "rzucać monetą"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podbrósitʹ monétu",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подбро́сить моне́ту"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podbrásyvatʹ monétu",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "подбра́сывать моне́ту"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "lanzar una moneda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "singla slant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "yazı tura atmak"
    }
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  "word": "toss a coin"
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