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TOSSUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tossup mean? 

TOSSUP (noun)
  The noun TOSSUP has 1 sense:

1. an unpredictable phenomenonplay

  Familiarity information: TOSSUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOSSUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpredictable phenomenon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

even chance; toss-up; tossup

Context example:

it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose

Hypernyms ("tossup" is a kind of...):

chance; fortune; hazard; luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another)


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