pitch-and-toss

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pich and taws, tos]
- /pɪtʃ ænd tɔs, tɒs/
- /pɪtʃ ənd tɒs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pich and taws, tos]
- /pɪtʃ ænd tɔs, tɒs/

Definitions of pitch-and-toss word

noun pitch-and-toss a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up. 1
noun pitch-and-toss a game of skill and chance in which the player who pitches a coin nearest to a mark has the first chance to toss all the coins, winning those that land heads up 0

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Origin of pitch-and-toss

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

First recorded in 1800-10

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Parts of speech for Pitch-and-toss

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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pitch-and-toss popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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