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flip English

Meaning flip meaning

What does flip mean?
Definitions in simple English

flip Verb

— When you flip something, you turn it over, or you move it suddenly. If you flip that light switch, it will be a lot brighter in here. The cook flipped the pizza dough high into the air and caught it in his hands. — When something flips, it turns over, usually quickly. Her car flipped over in the accident, but she wasn't hurt badly. The dolphin was taught to flip in the water when his trainer whistled. — When you flip, you get very upset or angry. He said, "If I don't pass this math test, I am going to flip." His friend said back, "Why are you flipping out? You know you always do well in math."

flip Noun

— A flip is a quick movement. With a quick flip of her wrist, she threw me the ball. — When you do a flip, you jump up into the air and turn your body. She did a flip into the water and landed on her back. The dolphin did a flip and got a fish as a reward.

flip Adjective

— If a person is flip, they act like they are not serious. His mother asked him, "Could you be any more flip about failing the math test? You act like you don't care about school at all." When his girlfriend asked him if she looked fat, his flip comment made her cry.

flip

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

Synonyms flip synonyms

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flip English » English

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FLIP English » English

Floating Instrument Platfor

Topics flip topics

What do people use flip to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Carry

Throw

  • What words refer to throwing something so that it turns over and over?
    toss flip
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Cast lots
Physical actions Move something

Turn something
States

Parts of things

Conjugation flip conjugation

How do you conjugate flip?

flip · verb

Examples flip examples

How do I use flip in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Flip a coin.
Tom is wearing flip-flops.
Wicked! Your car did a total flip.
I told Tom you'd flip out.
Tom still has a flip phone.
Tom can easily flip between seeing the rabbit or the duck.
Let's flip a coin.
Tom was wearing flip-flops and a Hawaiian shirt.
Tom has a flip phone.
Flip the pancake over.

Movie subtitles

All he's got is this old flip, and the battery's always dead.
Louisiana Flip, sir?
Louisiana Flip?
A Louisiana Flip. Louisiana Flip, please.
A Louisiana Flip.
Where's the Louisiana Flip?
If you flip it over, see there?
Uh, bring Flip and Frowsy.
Or at least, you know, try and flip it into a three-way.
Flip this under your flapper.
I'll flip you to see who pays for it.
As long as you don't do a back flip-flop.
Louisiana Flip, please.
Flip a nickel!
I'll flip you for a ticket to New York.
Flip this under your flapper. Attaboy.
Can you do a back flip-flop?
What about the flip thing?
We'll flip a coin.
Listen, I had to flip that matchmaker 200 dollars to get you into this fight.
Hello Flip!
Let's see, on the flip.
You and your flip talk.

News and current affairs

So why did the IMF flip?
Although Egypt's generals are by no means as threatened as their Algerian counterparts were in December 1991, they do have enough power to flip the tables.
In a world of fair play, the flip side of rule making is compliance, and compliance may require enforcement, through economic sanctions and other non-military measures.
But the flip side of the cash nexus is the freedom and self-determination that comes from overturning customary social relations such as slavery and serfdom, which totally subordinated the individual to the will of a master.
Convincing studies of drugs and surgical procedures usually come only from randomized trials, in which patients receive treatment or don't according to a process analogous to a coin flip.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, through his flip-flops, and Kim Jong Il, with his renewed nuclear blackmail, both seem determined to see relations deteriorate.
This is the flip side of charity.
The welfare state is the flip side of the open economy.
But the flip side of the trade surplus is the capital outflow.
But this was just the flip side of what Keynes had worried about - insufficient global aggregate demand.
When scientists figure out how to flip these switches, it might be possible to introduce stem cells into the body and activate them so that they correctly replace damaged tissue, whatever it is.
The Bush administration's flip-flops and missteps are legion.
The hard truth is that the flip side of the consumption-led growth model that prevailed prior to the crisis has been deficient investment, particularly on the public-sector side.
Yet Americans pay these trained professionals the same wages paid to those who park our cars, walk our dogs, flip our burgers, and mix our drinks.
This is the flip side of blaming corporations for everything from obesity to scalding from spilled coffee - both the subject of lawsuits in recent years.

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