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flip¹ Definition

flip (flip)

transitive verb flipped, flip′·ping

  1. to toss or move with a quick jerk; flick flip the drawer shut
  2. to snap (a coin) into the air with the thumb, as in betting on which side will land uppermost
  3. to turn or turn over to flip pages in a book

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb

  1. to make a quick, light stroke, as with the finger or a whip; snap
  2. to move jerkily
  3. to flip a coin, as in letting chance decide something
  4. to turn over quickly; specif., to execute a flip
  5. to look (through) in a quick, random manner
  6. ☆ Slang to lose self-control as a result of excitement, anger, madness, etc.

noun

  1. the act or motion of flipping; snap, tap, jerk, or toss
  2. a somersault in the air

flip¹ Idioms

flip one's lid

or flip one's wig☆

Slang to lose self-control; go berserk

flip² Definition

flip (flip)

noun

a sweetened mixed drink of beer, wine, or liquor with eggs, spices, etc.

Etymology: prob. < flip

flip³ Definition

flip (flip)

adjective flip′·per, flip′·pest

Informal flippant; saucy; impertinent

Etymology: contr. < flippant

flip Usage Examples

Object

  • burger: Maybe we can persuade them to keep flipping burgers a bit longer next year... ... Fort Bill's crowds are the best!
  • coin: For example: I flipped a coin 15 times.
  • pancake: You'll see them racing through the countryside villages, flipping pancakes as they go, laughing and panting and shouting all the way.
  • switch: Walking into the shack, I flipped the switch on the Astron power supply.
  • lid: Opening the bottom drawer, he lifted out a small tin case and flipped the lid open.
  • disk: All you have to do is to voice the question whilst flipping the disk into the air like a coin.

Modifies a noun

  • flop: Were the Tory leader to change track now, Labor's " flip flop " charge would stick to him like feathers on tar.
  • chart: Children write their choice of person on a flip chart, eg, the nurse, the police officer, the teacher.
  • clasp: The bag closes with a matching celluloid flip clasp.
  • lid: Not exactly bad, but my old kettle had a flip lid which stayed up itself.
  • side: On the flip side the rooms where spot on.
  • mirror: Reply: The flip mirror is out of alignment.

Modifying Another Word

  • deftly: You deftly flip goat tenderloins so the bottom is grilling.
  • horizontally: Tiles the original image with versions that have been horizontally flipped, vertically flipped, and both horizontally and vertically flipped.
  • vertically: Tiles the original image with versions that have been horizontally flipped, vertically flipped, and both horizontally and vertically flipped.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • over: Flip over for the Big City Dub, which is the pick of the mixes for me.
  • through: It's also a lot of fun to flip through.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • over: Upon flipping the couch over, they discovered what caused his death.

Preposition: of

  • coin: The Start A flip of a coin decides who starts.
  • switch: With the flip of a switch, the amp's input can be optimized for active or passive bass guitars.
flip Quotes

I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:öHunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip.

—Bronte«  , Charlotte

Browse dictionary entries near flip

  1. ‹ flinty
  2. ‹ Flintshire
  3. ‹ flintlock
  4. ‹ flint glass
  5. ‹ flint corn
  6. ‹ flint
  7. ‹ fling
  8. ‹ flinders
  9. ‹ flinch
  10. ‹ flimsy
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