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  1. heads or tailsnoun

    A game to bet upon a which side of a coin lays face up after it is thrown.

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  1. heads or tails

    Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands, in order to choose between two alternatives, heads or tails, sometimes used to resolve a dispute between two parties. It is a form of sortition which inherently has two possible outcomes. The party who calls the side that is facing up when the coin lands wins.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heads or tails in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heads or tails in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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