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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.
flopping
noun
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The motion of something that flops.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
part
Noun
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A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.
As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.
Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.
I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.
part
Verb
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If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.
My wife and I parted after our son died.
We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.
He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.