Flip

Definition: Flip

Flip

Adjective

1. Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior".

Noun

1. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.

2. Hot or cold alcoholic drink containing beaten egg.

3. The act of flipping a coin.

4. A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water.

5. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled".

Verb

1. Lightly throw to see which side comes up, as of coins; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!".

2. Cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever".

3. Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume".

4. Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air.

5. Cause to move with a flick.

6. Throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head".

7. Throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper".

8. Move with a flick.

9. Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip a coin"; "turn over the pancakes".

10. : reverse, as of direction or attitude.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Flip" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a friend to horses".

Date "flip" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Computing

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

FLIP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Flip

Chance 2

Noun: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit; fate; (necessity); equal chance; lottery; tombola; toss up; turn of the table, turn of the cards; hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate; cast of the dice, throw of the dice; heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune; sortes, sortes Virgilianae.

Food

Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage.

Insanity

Become insane; adj; lose one's senses, lose one's reason, lose one's faculties, lose one's wits; go mad, run mad, lose one's marbles, go crazy, go bonkers, flip one's wig, flip one's lid, flip out, flip one's bush.

Violence

Explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a rage (anger).

Crosswords: Flip

Danish (collar), Manx (fib, lie, swipe, thwack, whisk, whisk of tail), Swedish (flip).

He'll flip ya. He'll flip ya for real (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

Oh, look at me, I'm a flippy little dolphin, let me flip for you (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton)

Florida, if we wanted Geraldine we'd get Flip Wilson (Maude; writing credit: Colette Deréal)

Yeah, yeah, that's right, yeah, flip me off. Good boy (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

You flip the beef, hit the other button, then it beeps (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Even know how to flip coke (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

Cause I grab the mic and flip my tongue like a dyke (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

I flip 'em around and then I work that booty (Boom! Shake The Room; performing artist: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)

Cold flip when you think your man is playing you (Around the Way Girl; performing artist: L.L. Cool J)

Hand me down flip flops hand me down socks (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris)

The Flip Wilson Show (1970)

Mr. Flip (1909)

Flip Flop Shop (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Flip Dictionary (reference)

• Spongebob Squarepants Flip Book (Spongebob Squarepants) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Flip Wilson Show Volumes 3 & 4 (reference)

• The Flip Wilson Show - Volumes 1 & 2 (reference)

• Flip Wilson, Vol. 1 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Flip Flop (reference)

• Flip, Flop, & Fly (reference)

• Flip Your Wig (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Handspring Treo 90 Leather Flip Case (reference)

• Flip Album (reference)

• JMC FLIP CHIP FCPGA FANSINK (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Hamilton Beach 26200 Flip 'n Fluff Belgian Waffle Baker (reference)

• Biesemeyer 78-992 Dual Pointer Flip Stop (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Figure 41. Helical mounting mechanism of Negretti and Zambra. This mechanism was meant to cause the reversing thermometer of Negretti and Zambra to flip at the required depth. The helical screw would measure the depth on the way down and release the mounting at the desired depth. James Ferguson of the CHALLENGER modified this mechanism and tested it in the Sulu Sea at over 4000 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Rogue River - Rainie Falls. Raft flip in Rainie Falls, wild section. Credit: Tom Dew.

Pip and Flip, twins from Yucatan, with World Circus side show, Coney Island. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

His furious fingers managed to flip open the only two buttons on his fly that had been buttoned

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Indonesia

The flip side of Indonesia's corporate debt overhang is the country's fragile and largely-stagnant commercial banking sector. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "flip": egg flip ♦ flip chart ♦ flip Chip Pin Grid Array ♦ Flip dog ♦ flip flap ♦ flip flop ♦ flip off ♦ flip one's bush ♦ flip one's lid ♦ flip one's wig ♦ flip out ♦ flip over ♦ flip the coin ♦ flip through. Additional references.

Beginning with "flip": flip-chart, flip-charts, flip-chip, flip-down, flip-flap, flip-flap!, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flopped, flip-flopping, flip-flops, Flip-lord, flip-over, flip-side, FLIP-SPUR, flip-top, flip-up.

Ending with "flip": coin-flip, reverse-flip.

Containing "flip": D-type flip-flop, JK flip-flop, RS flip-flop, SR flip-flop.

Albanian

vërtit (grind, span, spin, swing, twist, wiggle), vërtis (grind, span, spin, swing, twist, wiggle), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shfletoj (browse, leaf, thumb), serbes (flippantly), rrokullisje, ngac, mistrec (captious, mischief, wicked), koktej i nxehtë me erëza, inatosem (get angry, get the needle, go off the deep end, gone wild, see red), hedh kokë-a-pilë (toss up), hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, fob, fob off, have, heave, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, push, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), goditje e lehtë (flick, jog, rap), çokë (flick). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نقف (fillip), ‏نقر (drum, gouge, peck, percuss, plunk, prickle, tap, tapping), ‏قلب (alter, bring down, capricious, capsize, center, centre, change, convert, core, essence, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn around, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical). (various references)

Bulgarian 

топло подсладено спиртно питие, шибвам (flick), кратък полет със самолет, насмешлив (derisive, derisory, flippant, jesting, quizzical, railing), нахален (arrogant, cheeky, contumelious, forward, huffish, impudent, insolent, jumped-up, malapert, nervy, obtrusive, offensive, perky, presuming, sassy, saucy, snotty), запращам с лек удар, лекомислен (airy, airy fairy, dizzy, empty headed, fast, featherbrained, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, harum scarum, idle, inconstant, light, light minded, light-headed, scatter-brained, superficial, trivial, unreflecting, unthinking), лек удар (flick), первам (flap, flick), плющене (crack, flap, flapping, flip flap, flipping, pelting, smack). (various references)

Chinese 

轻碰. (various references)

Czech

hodit si (spin). (various references)

Danish

bad trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out). (various references)

Dutch

flippen (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), Flip (Floating Instrument Platform), te gek gaan (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), slechte trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), horror trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), bummer (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), bad trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out). (various references)

Finnish

näpsäyttää (flick, snap). (various references)

French

flip (flip-out), feuilleter (flick), voyage désagréable (flip-out), tripout (flip-out), petit coup (flick), mauvais voyage (flip-out), donner un petit coup, cliquenaude, basculer, bad trip (flip-out). (various references)

German

Flip-Schiff (Floating Instrument Platform), flippern (play pinball), schnipsen (click, flick, snap), schnellen (jerk, sprung), Ruck (hitch, jar, jerk, jolt, lurch, pull, swing, tug, wrench, yank), Horrortrip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), Bumtrip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), Bummer (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), Ausflippen (freak out, psyche out, to flip out). (various references)

Greek 

κτυπώ ελαφρώσ (chuck, dab, flick, tap, tip), φλιπάρισμα (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), ελαφρό χτύπημα (dab), αιφνίδιον κτύπημα (lunge), αναρρίπτω (toss). (various references)

Hebrew 

להעיף (fling, fly, hurl), להטיל מטבע (toss up). (various references)

Hungarian

fricska (fillip, flick, rap), flip ital, flegma (imperturbability, phlegm, pokey, poky, stolidity), feldobás (tossing), pattintás (fillip, flick, smack, snap, snapping), megfricskáz (to flip, to rap), lezser (casual, easygoing, easy-going). (various references)

Indonesian

mencuatkan (push away with a spring motion, spring back). (various references)

Italian

Flip (Floating Instrument Platform), far schioccare (pop), lanciare (cast, chuck, dash, drop, fling, float, hurl, launch, move out, pitch, promote, propose, put up, send, send up, set, shoot, sling, start, throw, utter), dare un colpetto (flick, Pat), brutto viaggio (bad trip, bummer, flip-out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

フリップフロップ回路 (flint glass, flip-flop circuit, flute, frill, fringe, fruit, fruit parlor, fruit punch, fruit salad, fruit sauce, fruitcake, full, full count, full course, full install), フリート街 (experimental unmanned spacecraft, flea market, Fleet Street, flicker, flicker test, flip flop, free batting, free lance, free market, free pass, free-hand, free-lancer, fricassee, friction, Friedman, frigate, frigidity, Frisbee), 撥ねる (to eliminate, to flip, to reject), 弾く (to flip, to play, to snap). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

フリップフロップかいろ (flip-flop circuit), フリップフロップ (flip flop), はねる (to bound, to decapitate, to eliminate, to flip, to hop, to jump, to leap, to prance, to reject, to spring up), はじく (to flip, to snap). (various references)

Korean 

손가락으로 튀김. (various references)

Manx

snig (catch, fillip, flick, latch). (various references)

Norwegian

knipse, knips. (various references)

Pig Latin

ipflay.(various references)

Portuguese

turbulência (bluster, rowdyism, turbulence, wildness), sacudir (abet, bob, concuss, flirt, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, rock, shake, shake off, stir up, swing, toss, wag, waver, whisk, yank), sacudidela (backlash, flirt, flounce, hitch, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, pluck, rumble-tumble, shake, wag, waggle, whisk), petulante (hoity-toity, huffish, hussy, malapert, perk, pert, petulant, sassy, waspish), má viagem (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), irreverente (aweless, disrespectful, flippant, impious, irreverent, ribald), insolente (arrogant, cockish, contemptuous, contumelious, huffy, immodest, impertinent, insolent, lingerer, lord-like, malapert, pert, rough, rude, saucy, thrasonical, uppity), gemada, estalido (clack, crack, cracking, crackling, flaw, flick, snap), bad trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), arremesso (casting, fling, heave, pelt, pitch, projection, put, shy, throw). (various references)

Romanian

zbughi (flop, go, hop), pocnet (bang, clap, click, crack, flap, phut, smack, snap), plesnet, loviturã uşoarã (dab, flick, rap, tap, touch), lovi uşor (clap, dab, dib, rap), da un bobârnac (fillip), bobârnac (fillip, flick). (various references)

Russian 

щелкать (click, crack, snap, snapped, snapping), наглый (assured, barefaced, bold, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, brazen-faced, immodest, impertinent, impudent, insolent, perky, saucy, snippy, unashamed, unblushing, uppish), перебрасывать (overrun). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

poludeti (be cracker, go crazy, go mad, sense: be out of one's senses), drzak (audacious, be insolent, brash, brazenfaced, cheeky, daring, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, overbold, pert, presuming, presumptuous, saucy, temerarious, venturesome). (various references)

Spanish

poco serio (flighty, flippant, light hearted, trivial), mal viaje (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), mal trip (bad trip, bummer, flip-out), echar de un capirotazo, capirotazo (flick). (various references)

Swedish

flip, flygtur (flight, flying trip), kullerbytta (somersault), bli urförbannad, hoppa (Bob, dap, hop, jump, leap, skip, spring, vault), kasta (bowl, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, project, send, shoot, shy, throw, toss), knäpp (barmy, bent, click, cracked, dippy, fillip, flick, kinky, kookie, kooky, screwy, snap, wacky), knäppa (buckle, button, click, do up, fasten, fillip, flick, knock off, plug, pot, snap, thrum, twang, zap), bli alldeles salig, knäppa med fingrarna, volt (somersault, volt), ryck (fit, hitch, jerk, judder, lug, pull, snatch, start, tug, twich, twitch, whim, yank), skutta (bound, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, leap, lope, scamper, skip, spring), slänga (chuck, dangle, dash, fling, gulp, send, shy, slam, swingle, throw, toss), smäll (bang, clap, crack, flap, flop, knock, lash, ping, pop, report, slam, slap, smash, sock, spank, swat, whack, wham, whang), snärt (flick, lash), tappa behärskningen, vanvördig (disrespectful, flippant, irreverent), knäppa iväg. (various references)

Thai

ไม่จริงจัง, พลิกกลับอย่างรวดเร็ว, พลิกตัวกลางอากาศ, กดปุ่มปิดเปิดเครื่องกล (flick), ตื่นเต้น (electric, feverish, lose one's cool). (various references)

Turkish

fiske vurmak (fillip, flick), fiske (fillip, flick), saygısız (brash, discourteous, disregardful, disrespectful, flippant, hoggish, impertinent, impious, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, irreverent, rude, stroppy, undutiful, unfilial, ungalant, unmannerly), salto (somersault), perende atma (handspring), küstah (arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, cheeky, chesty, cool, flippant, fresh, ill mannered, impertinent, impudent, insolent, insulting, malapert, nervy, overbearing, presuming, presumptuous, stroppy, too familiar, unabashed, wise), kısa uçak yolculuğu, ciddiyetten uzak, bir tür içki, arsız (bare faced, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brassy, calm, cheeky, daft, flippant, fresh, hard bitten, Hardy, impudent, malapert, perky, pert, Randy, sassy, shameless, unabashed, unblushing, vigorous), aklını kaçırmak (be out of one's senses, flip out, go mad, go out of one's mind, loose one's marbles, loose one's senses, lose one's reason), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone), çıldırmak (be nuts, be out of one's senses, flip out, go bananas, go berserker, go crazy, go mad, go nuts, loose one's senses, rave, round the bend). (various references)

Turkmen 

dьndermek (turn over). (various references)

Ukrainian

сальто (somersault), щиголь (flick, goldfinch), зухвалий (aggressive, audacious, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brazen faced, cheeky, cocksy, cocky, coxy, daring, immodest, impertinent, insolent, necky, overbearing, perky, pert, provocative, provocatory, pushing, rousing, saucy, wise), змахнути, ляснути. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cái búng cái vụt nhẹ. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "flip": flippancies, flippancy, flippant, flippantly, flipped, flipper, flippers, flippest, flipping, flippy, flips. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Flip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eldip, ficp, filip, Filipa, Filipo, Filipov, fip, Fipa, flapt, fleep, flep, fli, flib, flibi, flic, flid, flig, flih, flik, flim, flimp, flin, Flipo, flipp, flipt, fliq, flir, flirp, Flis, flmi, flup, fnip, Fnipp, glip, Klip, lfio. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fil, lip.

-2 letters: if, li, pi.

+1 letter: flips, pilaf.

+2 letters: fillip, fipple, flippy, piffle, pilaff, pilafs, pilfer, spliff, uplift.

+3 letters: amplify, fillips, fipples, fleapit, flipped, flipper, pailful, painful, piffled, piffles, pilaffs, pilfers, pinfold, pipeful, pitfall, pitiful, prefile, prelife, profile, puffily, spliffs, upfield, upfling, uplifts.

+4 letters: epifocal, filliped, fireplug, fishpole, flagship, flappier, flapping, fleapits, flippant, flippers, flippest, flipping, floppier, floppies, floppily, flopping, flumping, frumpily, gigaflop, lapidify, lumpfish, oilproof, pailfuls, pailsful, piffling, pilfered, pilferer, piliform, pinfolds, pipefuls, pitfalls, prefiled, prefiles, prefixal, prideful, profiled, profiler, profiles, prolific, purfling, shoplift, simplify, slipform, spiffily, spiteful, upflings, uplifted, uplifter.