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Flip

noun

1.

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. Synonyms: somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset.

2.

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg.

3.

A sudden, quick movement. "The fish flipped over"

4.

The act of flipping a coin. Synonym: toss.

5.

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water.

6.

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team. Synonyms: pass, toss.

verb

(past & past part. flipped; pres. part. flipping)

1.

Lightly throw to see which side comes up. Synonym: toss.

2.

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. Synonyms: switch, throw. "Throw the lever"

3.

Look through a book or other written material. Synonyms: flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb. "She leafed through the volume"

4.

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air. Synonym: twitch.

5.

Cause to move with a flick. Synonym: flick.

6.

Throw or toss with a light motion. Synonyms: pitch, sky, toss. "Toss me newspaper"

7.

Move with a flick or light motion.

8.

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse. Synonyms: flip over, turn over. "Turn over the pancakes"

9.

React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way. Synonym: flip out.

10.

Go mad, go crazy. Synonym: flip out.

11.

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack.

adjective

1.

Marked by casual disrespect. Synonyms: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed. "The student was kept in for impudent behavior"

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"Flip" Quotes from Famous Books

... the bottle and rubbed a handful or so of the stuff well into Mr. Flynn's pet dog and let him go with a flip of my whip lash to help him on his way. He lit out for home as though the devil had kicked him, yelling blue murder and laying a trail of flowers and honey across the country so thick you could pretty nigh eat it. I gave him a fair start, then laid the hounds on and we had a five-mile point, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 4, 1920 • Various

... thought of any shootin', and our six-shooters was tied in, 'count of the jumpy country we'd been drivin' the steers over. But Gentleman Tim, who had unslung his rope, aimin' to help the hosses out of the chuckhole, snatched her off the horn, and with one of the prettiest twenty-foot flip throws I ever see done he snaked old Texas Pete right out of his wicky-up, gun and all. The old renegade did his best to twist around for a shot at us; but it was no go; and I never enjoyed hog-tying a critter more in my ...

— Arizona Nights • Stewart Edward White

... on his hands, feet waggling in the air, apparently from mere exuberance of spirits. Standing up again, he threw three flip-flops forward, then two backward, then turned a half a dozen cart wheels, during which gyrations he passed out of our ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... us," Ned replied, "but he won't find us chasing him. Go through some of your flip-flaps and then go back toward Lima. I want to say a few words to ...

— Boy Scouts in an Airship • G. Harvey Ralphson

... footsteps of what seemed a pretty numerous party, stumbling over the stones and rustling through the underbrush. Soon appeared the whole lazy regiment that was wont to infest the village tavern, comprehending three or four individuals who had drunk flip beside the bar-room fire through all the winters, and smoked their pipes beneath the stoop through all the summers, since Ethan Brand's departure. Laughing boisterously, and mingling all their voices together in unceremonious ...

— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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