flip

Plural: flips

Noun

• an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
• hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
• a sudden, quick movement
  • "with a flip of the wrist"
  • "the fish flipped over"
• the act of flipping a coin
• a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
• A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
• A fillip or light blow.
• A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
• A slingshot.
• A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
• The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
• The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
• A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").

Verb

Verb Forms: flipped, flipping, flips

• To toss with a quick, light movement; to turn over.
• lightly throw to see which side comes up
  • "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
• look through a book or other written material
• toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
• cause to move with a flick
• throw or toss with a light motion
  • "flip me the beachball"
• move with a flick or light motion
• turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
  • "flip over the pork chop"
• react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
  • "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"
• go mad, go crazy
  • "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• To throw so as to turn over.
• To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
• To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
• To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
• To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
• To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
• To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
• To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
• To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
• To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
• To hand over or pass along.
• To switch to another task, etc.
• To flap.

Adjective Satellite

• marked by casual disrespect
  • "a flip answer to serious question"

Intj

• Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.

Adj

• Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
• Sarcastic.
• Disrespectful, flippant.

Adjective

• Impertinent or glib; flippant.

Examples

• Don't get flip with me or I'll knock you into next Tuesday!
• He would flip a coin to decide whether to draw new tiles or play a short word.
• His flip comment about my vocabulary only fueled my desire to win.
• I don't care a flip for what he says.
• I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.
• I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
• If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
• Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
• The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.
• The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
• The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.
• Those companies have been flipping houses in the real estate market for years.
• We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
• What the flip just happened?
• Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.
• You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.

Synonyms

alternate, flick, flip out, flip over, flip-flop, impudent, insolent, interchange, leaf, pass, pitch, riff, riffle, sky, snotty-nosed, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset, switch, tack, throw, thumb, toss, turn over, twitch, ace, atom, aught, bissel, bit, cheeky, crumb, dab, damn, dash, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, flannel, fleck, flip, flyspeck, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hint, inch, inversion, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, scantling, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, semblance, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, swap, tad, tidbit, tidge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, turn, whiff, whit

Related Words

flipping, what the flip

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