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11Töss — ist ein Fluss im Kanton Zürich, Schweiz, siehe Töss (Fluss) ein Stadtteil der Stadt Winterthur benannt nach dem Fluss, siehe Töss (Winterthur) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wor …
12toss — [tɔs] n. m. ÉTYM. 1910; mot angl., de to toss « lancer en l air », d où « jouer à pile ou face ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Sports. Tirage au sort (du côté du jeu, ou de la mise en jeu) au rugby, au tennis. 0 (…) les deux capitaines, Marconnot et Adrien… …
13toss-up — n 1.) it s a toss up spoken used when you do not know which of two things will happen, or which of two things to choose ▪ I don t know who ll get the job it s a toss up between Carl and Steve. 2.) [C usually singular] BrE an act of tossing a coin …
14toss-up — toss ,up noun singular INFORMAL the act of throwing a coin into the air and making a decision based on which side the coin falls on be a toss up used for saying that you do not know which of two things to choose or which of two things will happen …
15toss — (v.) c.1500, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Norw. tossa to strew, spread ). Related: Tossed; tossing. Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. The noun meaning an act of throwing is first… …
16toss-up — toss ups N COUNT: usu a N in sing, oft N wh, N between pl n If you say that it is a toss up whether one thing will happen or another thing will happen, you mean that either result seems equally likely. It s a toss up whether oil prices will go up …
17toss|up — toss up or toss|up «TS UHP, TOS », noun. 1. the act of tossing a coin to decide something. 2. Informal. an even chance: »It s a toss up whether or not he ll accept …
18toss-up — A result that is still unclear and can go either way is a toss up …
19toss — [n/v1] throw bung, cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, sling, twirl, wing; concept 222 Ant. catch toss [v2] move back and forth agitate, agonize, bob, buffet, disturb, flounder, heave,… …
20toss — index beat (pulsate), cast (throw), launch (project), precipitate (throw down violently), send Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wil …
