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Verb: flip (flipped,flipping) flip- Lightly throw to see which side comes up
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" - toss - Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- throw, switch - Look through a book or other written material
- flick, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff - Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- twitch - Cause to move with a flick
- flick - Throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball" - toss, sky, pitch - Move with a flick or light motion
- Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
"flip over the pork chop" - flip over, turn over - React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
"he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University" - flip out - Go mad, go crazy
"He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" - flip out - Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip-flop Noun: flip flip- An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting - Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- A sudden, quick movement
"with a flip of the wrist" - The act of flipping a coin
- toss - A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- pass, toss Adjective: flip flip- Marked by casual disrespect
"a flip answer to serious question" - impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed
Derived forms: flipping, flips, flipped See also: disrespectful, flipper Type of: change, change by reversal, dive, diving, engage, fling, impel, lock, mesh, mixed drink, move, operate, peruse, propel, react, respond, reverse, throw, tumble, turn Encyclopedia: Flip |