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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 phenomenon
Familiarity information: TOSSUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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