coin toss
Heads or tails
A coin toss is a method of deciding something by flipping a coin and calling heads or tails while it's in the air.
The randomness makes it fair for trivial decisions or ceremonial choices: We'll settle it with a coin toss.
Figuratively, calling something a coin toss means the outcome is essentially random or the odds are even: The election is a coin toss at this point.
Quick turning motion
- headsTop of bodies
- tailsRear animal appendages
- randomOccurring without pattern
- luckChance affecting outcomes
probability · odds · fifty-fifty · uncertainty · randomness · fate · unpredictability · even odds
Act of selecting
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- tiebreakerContest deciding drawn competitors
- settleReach final terms
- determineEstablish through investigation
resolve · pick · selection · option · verdict · judgment · deliberation · alternatives
Stake on uncertainty
- betRisked stake on outcome
- stakesPosts or wagers
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- riskPossibility of harm
speculation · gamble · bookie · payout · ante · high-roller · double-or-nothing · all-in
flip
Quick turning motion
luck · probability · odds · fifty-fifty · uncertainty · randomness · fate · unpredictability · even odds · coinflip
choice
Act of selecting
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- tiebreakerContest deciding drawn competitors
- settleReach final terms
determine · resolve · pick · selection · option · verdict · judgment · deliberation · alternatives · indecisiveness
wager
Stake on uncertainty
risk · speculation · gamble · bookie · payout · ante · high-roller · double-or-nothing · all-in · longshot
kickoff
Opening play in football
pregame · ceremony · sideline · possession · overtime · cricket · soccer · rugby · umpire · field
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
- game startskickoff, tip-off, tipoff, face-off, puck drop
- pregamewarmup, warm-up, stretching routine, stretching, pep talk
- Pregame Ritualswarmup, warm-up exercises, stretching, national anthem, handshakes
- random eventslottery, dice rolls, dice, gambling, raffles
coin tossdeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
informed choice · strategic planning · due diligence · weighing options · cost-benefit analysis
coin tossforegone conclusion
Result assumed beforehand
sure thing · certainty · done deal · fait accompli · inevitability
coin tossdeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
informed decision · strategic thinking · analysis · rational choice · weighing options
coin, toss, coins, coinage, coining, coined, coiner, recoinage