| Broken call | A call that is made after the coin has descended below the fault line. |
| Caller | The player who calls heads or tails |
| Chucker | A coin that does not reach a good spin rate, a player who consistently throws such coins. |
| Chump | A naive player who just makes random guesses |
| Cleet | A coin that lands wholly or partially on its side, usually due to a crack in the floor |
| Clinking | The illegal practice of moving the coin within the hands in a handed toss |
| Clint | One over par |
| Davy | Three or more over par |
| Edinburgh | A knock out format where there is only a single toss in each round |
| Fault line | The line which the coin must be above when calling |
| Flat toss | A difficult move involved throwing the coin without spinning it, intending to hit the edge of the table on the way down |
| Grockles | Spectators |
| Hand Line | The level the throwing hand must be above before tossing |
| Handing | The practice of catching the tossed coin in the hand rather than letting it fall to the floor |
| Joey | Two over par |
| Line play | The practice of calling when the coin is exactly above the fault line |
| Moggie | A left handed tosser |
| Mynd | Under par |
| Overshift | The illegal practice of surreptitiously moving hands in a handed toss |
| Parisian | A match with an even number of tosses and a tie break |
| Ring bounce | A coin that bounces off the floor due to an overhard texture |
| Shimmer | A coin that has two heads or two tails |
| Skraggaleon | A coin that breaks on hitting the floor |
| Spin rate | The turns per second of the coin while in the air |
| Spotter | The arbiter or referee |
| SpyEye | An electronic device that records spin rate and other characteristics and can predict the likely fall of the coin |
| Squawker | A spectator who calls their prediction after the caller has declared but before the result is known |
| Squib | A coin that is not tossed very high due to misthumbing |
| Sunstream | Where a player or referee cannot observe the spin of the coin due to interference from sunlight |
| Thunderball | A coin with a spin rate so high it cannot be counted by the naked eye |
| Tosser | The player who spins the coin |
| Tosser's Thumb | A painful medical condition linked to arthritis |
| Untoss | A declaration by the caller that he wants the toss made again, made by extending both arms parallel to the fault line. Not allowed in some tournaments, most allow three for each player. |
| Witcher | Two or more under par |