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flip
Verb
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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.
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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.
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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
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A flip is a quick movement.
With a quick flip of her wrist, she threw me the ball.
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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
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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.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
page
Noun
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A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.
The picture of the accident was on page one of the morning's paper.
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A page is a sheet of paper in a book, newspaper, etc.
This book has one page missing.
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A page is the part of a document that you can see at one time on a computer screen.
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A web page is a computer document that can be accessed over the internet.
This site has some of the most visited pages on the web.
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A page is a young person whose job is to help important people like knights, or members of parliament.
The pages passed out copies of the new law.
page
Verb
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If you page someone, make an announcement or send them a message asking them to contact you.
Paging Dr. Horvat! Please, contact the nursing station.
If you need me, just have them page me at the restaurant.
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If you page forward, back, through, etc. something with pages, you move from one page to another.
I paged through the magazine, just looking at the pictures.
Use the mouse to page down to the next screen.