flip /flip/

1. To flick with the fingernail suddenly released from the ball of the thumb
2. To spin in the air
3. To turn (over)
4. To flap
5. (of a member of parliament) to switch from one property to another its official designation as a second home required for the fulfilment of parliamentary duties, esp to claim upkeep allowances for which it is eligible or to avoid capital gains tax

1. To become very excited or enthusiastic
2. To go mad

1. A flick
2. A hot drink of beer and spirits sweetened, or any similar concoction
3. A somersault
4. A trip in an aeroplane, a pleasure-flight (informal)

1. Flippant
2. Pert, over-smart

flippˈer noun

1. An animal's limb adapted for swimming
2. A hand (informal)
3. A rubber foot-covering imitating an animal's flipper, worn by swimmers, divers, etc

flippˈing adjective and adverb

Used as an intensifier (euphemistic informal)

flip chart noun

A large blank pad, bound at the top, on which information can be displayed in sequence during a presentation, etc

flipˈ-dog noun

An iron for heating flip (the drink)

flipˈ-flopˈ adverb

With repeated flapping (also flipˈ-flapˈ)

noun (orig, and still US and computing)

1. A bistable pair of valves, transistors or circuit elements, the two stable states being switched by pulses
2. In Britain, a similar circuit with one stable state temporarily achieved by pulse
3. A type of flimsy sandal, esp one held on the foot by a thong between the toes
4. A fruit-seller's dance (historical)
5. A form of somersault
6. A reversal of policy (US)
7. A firework
8. The sound of regular footfalls
9. A flighty woman
10. A revolving apparatus for public amusement

intransitive verb

1. To move with a flapping sound
2. To reverse a policy (US)

transitive verb (US)

To transpose

flippˈerty-floppˈerty adjective (rare)

Loose or dangling

flip phone noun

A mobile phone with a hinged cover that protects it when it is not in use

flipˈside noun

1. The reverse of something
2. A less familiar aspect of anything
3. Orig the side of a record carrying the song, etc of lesser importance, the reverse of the side on whose merits the record was expected to sell

flipˈ-top adjective

Having a hinged lid which can be flipped up

noun

A flip-top device or container

flip one's lid (informal)

To go mad

flip out (informal)

To lose control, to become violently angry

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