flip
flip (flip)
transitive verb flipped, flip′·ping
- to toss or move with a quick jerk; flick flip the drawer shut
- to snap (a coin) into the air with the thumb, as in betting on which side will land uppermost
- to turn or turn over to flip pages in a book
Etymology: echoic
intransitive verb
- to make a quick, light stroke, as with the finger or a whip; snap
- to move jerkily
- to flip a coin, as in letting chance decide something
- to turn over quickly; specif., to execute a flip
- to look (through) in a quick, random manner
- ☆ Slang to lose self-control as a result of excitement, anger, madness, etc.
noun
- the act or motion of flipping; snap, tap, jerk, or toss
- a somersault in the air
flip one's lid
or flip one's wig☆Slang to lose self-control; go berserk
flip (flip)
noun
a sweetened mixed drink of beer, wine, or liquor with eggs, spices, etc.
Etymology: prob. < flip
flip (flip)
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
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.
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