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UK
/flˈɪp/
]
[ US /ˈfɫɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɪp/ ]
VERB
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look through a book or other written material
She leafed through the volume
He thumbed through the report -
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University -
cause to move with a flick
he flicked his Bic -
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
turn over the pancakes
flip over the pork chop - toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
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go mad, go crazy
He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off -
throw or toss with a light motion
flip me the beachball
toss me newspaper -
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
throw the lever
switch on the light
switch on the light - move with a flick or light motion
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lightly throw to see which side comes up
I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin! - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
NOUN
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(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
the pass was fumbled - hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
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a sudden, quick movement
the fish flipped over
with a flip of the wrist - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
ADJECTIVE
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marked by casual disrespect
a flip answer to serious question
the student was kept in for impudent behavior
How To Use flip In A Sentence
- * A few of the women flipped through photos of Manou's bastide, * observing its before and after transformation. French Word-A-Day:
- Making a flip book involves using the corner of a sketch pad to illustrate individual still frames of cartoon movement.
- About 7 o'clock tonight, we had a whopping great thunderstorm with accompanying light show, and the flipping garage got flooded again!
- Products such as ottomans and bathmats made from recycled flip-flops are "whimsical and interesting, but it's not doing things at the deepest level. Designer Trash
- Dian Agung Nugroho's photo "F*** You (What's on her mind?)" captures a Chinese Indonesian schoolgirl flipping off an old Chinese Indonesian beggar lady. Boing Boing
- Thedrain saturation current is increased 10% after bonding. To disperse heat of GaNHEMT, this flip chip bonding method seems to be simple and effective.
- Math books, unlike any you have ever seen before, flip open.
- He just moves on, as if we were unworthy of his attention, like the remoras which hitch a free ride on his flanks, and which he brushes off if they carelessly move within reach of his flippers.
- I had a quick flip through my cookery books and found a recipe that sounded quite nice.
- It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation.