English Explanatory Dictionary

fifty-fifty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.
adj
  1. Half and half.
  2. Used to describe two possible outcomes as being equally likely.
noun
  1. A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
  2. Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.
  3. Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

fifty-fifty 50-50 50/50 50 50 50.50 fifty fifty fifty/fifty fifty-fifties

Related words

as likely as not as often as not even chances go halfsies go halves halfsies half and half six of one, half a dozen of the other
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