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flip
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Adjective
  • marked by casual disrespect
    • a flip answer to serious question
    • the student was kept in for impudent behavior
Noun
  • (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
    • the pass was fumbled
  • a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
  • the act of flipping a coin
  • a sudden, quick movement
    • with a flip of the wrist
    • the fish flipped over
  • hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
  • an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
Verb
  • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  • go mad, go crazy
    • He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off
  • react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
    • he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University
  • turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
    • flip over the pork chop
    • turn over the pancakes
  • move with a flick or light motion
  • throw or toss with a light motion
    • flip me the beachball
    • toss me newspaper
  • cause to move with a flick
    • he flicked his Bic
  • toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
  • look through a book or other written material
    • He thumbed through the report
    • She leafed through the volume
  • cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
    • switch on the light
    • throw the lever
  • lightly throw to see which side comes up
    • I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
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