toss up
toss up verb: to make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
Verb
toss up (third-person singular simple present tosses up, present participle tossing up, simple past and past participle tossed up)
- To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
- To throw something upwards.
- To produce, generate.
- To post or upload.
- Restless in quarantine, she began posting videos on Instagram, one of which got picked up by Barstool, the popular sports blog. […] Then she tossed up a few on TikTok, notably one in which she faux-naively referred to Houston Street in New York, which is pronounced How-ston, as Hew-ston.2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times
- To cook or prepare something quickly.
- To casually mention as an idea.
- To vomit.
- He began to vomit. Retching violently, he tossed up first the swaddled stone that he had eaten in the belief that it was Zeus, and then he vomited up Zeus's elder brothers and sisters […]1997, Lee Hall, Athena: A Biography, page 15
- To beat up, thrash.
- He got in a fight last night and got tossed up.
toss up meaning in Hindi and Telugu
toss up in Hindi
- to toss up, throw upwards, launch
- उछालना uchālnā
toss up in Telugu
- to toss up, toy with
- ఎగరవేయు egaravēyu
Forms of toss up
| third-person singular present | tosses up |
|---|---|
| present participle | tossing up |
| past participle | tossed up |
| past | tossed up |
Questions about toss up
- What does toss up mean?
- Toss up means to make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
- What is toss up in Hindi?
- Toss up in Hindi is उछालना (uchālnā). See Toss up meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is toss up?
- Toss up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of toss up?
- The past tense of toss up is tossed up.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toss up (page history and authors); उछालना (Hindi) (page history and authors); ఎగరవేయు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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