"toss a coin" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tosses a coin [present, singular, third-person], tossing a coin [participle, present], tossed a coin [participle, past], tossed a coin [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} toss a coin (third-person singular simple present tosses a coin, present participle tossing a coin, simple past and past participle tossed a coin)
  1. 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. Synonyms: flip a coin Related terms: coin toss, heads or tails Translations (to flick a coin for making a decision): قَذَفَ العُمْلَةَ (qaḏafa al-ʕumlata) (Arabic), رَمَى بِالعُمْلَةِ (ramā bi-l-ʕumlati) (Arabic), قَذَفَ النُقُودَ (qaḏafa al-nuqūda) (Arabic), رَمَى بِالنُقُودِ (ramā bi-l-nuqūdi) (Arabic), heittää kolikkoa (Finnish), eine Münze werfen (German), kasta peningi (Icelandic), kasta pening (Icelandic), kasta upp peningi (Icelandic), kasta upp pening (Icelandic), lanciare una moneta (Italian), سکه افکندن (alt: بالا) (Persian), rzucić monetą [perfective] (Polish), rzucać monetą [imperfective] (Polish), подбро́сить моне́ту (podbrósitʹ monétu) [perfective] (Russian), подбра́сывать моне́ту (podbrásyvatʹ monétu) [imperfective] (Russian), lanzar una moneda (Spanish), singla slant (Swedish), yazı tura atmak (Turkish)

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      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "lanzar una moneda"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
      "word": "singla slant"
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      "sense": "to flick a coin for making a decision",
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