heads or tails
1Heads or Tails — is a coin tossing game. Most coins have a side where the imprint of a person, such as a current or former head of state, is impressed mdash; this side is called the heads side. The other side is called the tails side, irrespective of its design.… …
2Heads And Tails — is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards. It is mostly based on luck.First, a row of eight cards are dealt; this is the Heads row. Then 8 piles of 11 cards are dealt; this is reserve. Below them is another row of eight cards …
3heads or tails — {n. phr.} The two sides of a coin, especially when the coin is tossed in the air in order to decide which of two alternatives are to be followed. * /Tom tossed a quarter in the air and said, Tails, I win; heads you win. / …
4heads or tails — {n. phr.} The two sides of a coin, especially when the coin is tossed in the air in order to decide which of two alternatives are to be followed. * /Tom tossed a quarter in the air and said, Tails, I win; heads you win. / …
5heads or tails? — heads or ˈtails? idiom used to ask sb which side of a coin they think will be facing upwards when it is tossed in order to decide sth by chance Main entry: ↑headidiom …
6Heads or tails — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… …
7heads or tails — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. crois, croys, cros; the former fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L. crux; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros, crotz. fr. the same L. crux; cf. Icel. kross. Cf. {Crucial}, {Crusade}, {Cruise},… …
8Heads or Tails — Filmdaten Originaltitel: J’en suis! Produktionsland: Kanada (Québec) Erscheinungsjahr: 1997 Länge: ca. 104 Minuten Originalsprache: Französisch …
9heads or tails — choose one or the other, which side of the coin? Heads or tails? the gambler asked as he flipped the coin …
10heads or tails — noun plural but singular in construction : a simple gambling game in which a coin is tossed and won by the player who successfully calls the side that lands upward compare head or tail * * * 1. a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the… …
