toss a coin

English[edit]

toss a coin (third-person singular simple present tosses a coin, present participle tossing a coin, simple past and past participle tossed a coin)

To flick a coin into the air, making it spin, in order to use the resultant upturned side (“heads or tails”) for making a decision.
We will toss a coin to see which team goes first.

to flick a coin for making a decision

Arabic: قَذَفَ العُمْلَةَ (qaḏafa al-ʕumlata), رَمَى بِالعُمْلَةِ (ramā bi-l-ʕumlati), قَذَفَ النُقُودَ (qaḏafa al-nuqūda), رَمَى بِالنُقُودِ (ramā bi-l-nuqūdi)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
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Finnish: heittää kolikkoa
German: eine Münze werfen
Icelandic: kasta peningi, kasta pening, kasta upp peningi, kasta upp pening
Italian: lanciare una moneta
Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
Persian: سکه (بالا) افکندن
Polish: rzucić monetą pf / rzucać monetą impf
Russian: подбро́сить моне́ту pf (podbrósitʹ monétu) / подбра́сывать моне́ту impf (podbrásyvatʹ monétu)
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Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: lanzar una moneda
Swedish: singla slant
Turkish: yazı tura atmak (tr)