Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toss-up question

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
toss-up ques-tion
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of interactive query in a competitive academic quiz bowl or scholastic bowl format, where any participant from a competing team may attempt to answer by signaling first, often by means of a buzzer system.

Inflected Forms

toss-up questions (plural) tossup question (alternative) toss-up (alternative) tossup (alternative)

Questions

What does toss-up question mean?
A type of interactive query in a competitive academic quiz bowl or scholastic bowl format, where any participant from a competing team may attempt to answer by signaling first, often by means of a buzzer system.

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