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Definition of 'flip'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) flip
to toss, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, so as to cause to turn over in the air:
to flip a coin.

2.  flip
to move with a sudden stroke or jerk:
to flip a switch.

3.  flip
to turn over, esp. with a short rapid gesture:
to flip pancakes with a spatula.

4.  flip
to resell, esp. quickly, or refinance.

5. (v.i.) flip
to make a flicking movement; strike at something smartly.

6.  flip
to move oneself with or as if with flippers.

7.  flip
to move jerkily.

8.  flip
to turn over or perform a somersault.

9.  flip
to read or look at rapidly or perfunctorily:
to flip through a magazine.

10.  flip
Slang.

11.  flip
to react with excitement or delight.

12.  flip
to become irrational or incensed (often fol. by out).

13. (n.) flip
an act or instance of flipping.

14.  flip
a somersault, esp. one performed in the air.

15.  flip
Informal.

16. (adj.) flip
flippant; pert.

17. (n.) flip
a hot or cold mixed drink made with liquor or wine, sugar, beaten eggs, and nutmeg.

Etymology: (1675–85)

Definition of 'flip'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

2. (noun) flip
hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

3. (noun) flip
a sudden, quick movement
"with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over"

4. (noun) flip, toss
the act of flipping a coin

5. (noun) flip
a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

6. (adj) pass, toss, flip
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled"

7. (verb) impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip
marked by casual disrespect
"a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

8. (verb) flip, toss
lightly throw to see which side comes up
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

9. (verb) throw, flip, switch
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
"switch on the light"; "throw the lever"

10. (verb) flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

11. (verb) flip, twitch
toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

12. (verb) flip, flick
cause to move with a flick
"he flicked his Bic"

13. (verb) flip, toss, sky, pitch
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

14. (verb) flip
move with a flick or light motion

15. (verb) flip, flip over, turn over
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
"flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"

16. (verb) flip, flip out
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
"he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"

17. (verb) flip, flip out
go mad, go crazy
"He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"

18. (verb) interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Definition of 'flip'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) flip
to turn or make turn over completely
The car flipped over in the accident.; Flip it to the other side.

2. flip
to change the position of; = flick
to flip a switch

Definition of 'flip'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flip
a mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron

2. (verb) flip
to toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent

Translation of 'flip'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to throw (something) in the air (so that it turns) They flipped a coin to see which side it landed on.
Afrikaans: opskiet	Arabic: يَنْقُر بِظُفْرِهِ	Bulgarian: подхвърлям
Brazilian: jogar para o ar	Czech: hodit si (čím)	German: (in die Luft) schnippen
Danish: kaste	Greek: ρίχνω, τινάζω, στρίβω νόμ	Spanish: tirar al aire
Estonian: õhku heitma	Farsi: به هوا پراندن	Finnish: heitto
French: lancer (en l'air)	Hebrew: לְהָטִיל	Hindi: झटके से पलटना
Croatian: kvrcanjem baciti	Hungarian: feldob (pénzdarabot)	Indonesian: melambungkan
Icelandic: kasta upp	Italian: lanciare	Japanese: はじき投げる
Korean: (손가락으로) 튀기다, 홱 던지다	Lithuanian: mesti, mestelėti	Latvian: pamest (gaisā); viegli uz
Malay: melambung	Dutch: wegknippen	Norwegian: kaste, knipse, slå
Polish: (pod)rzucić, cisnąć	Persian: به هوا پراندن	Pashto: پورته اچول
Portuguese: deitar ao ar	Romanian: aînvârti (în aer)	Russian: подбросить щелчком
Slovak: hodiť si (čím)	Slovenian: vreči (kovanec)	Serbian: baciti uvis
Swedish: knäppa i väg, singla [sla	Thai: การโยน (เหรียญ)	Turkish: havaya fırlatmak
Taiwanese: 拋	Ukrainian: підкидати	Urdu: کسی چیز کو ہوا میں اچھال
Vietnamese: búng	Chinese: 抛
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