flip

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: somersaultsomersetsummersaultsummersetsomersaultingtosspassthrowswitchflickthumbriffle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and returnSynonyms: somersaultsomersetsummersaultsummersetsomersaulting
  2. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
  3. a sudden, quick movement“with a flip of the wrist”“the fish flipped over”
  4. the act of flipping a coinSynonyms: toss
  5. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
  6. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team“the pass was fumbled”Synonyms: passtoss

Verb (11)

  1. lightly throw to see which side comes up“I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!”Synonyms: toss
  2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation“switch on the light”“throw the lever”Synonyms: throwswitch
  3. look through a book or other written material“He thumbed through the report”“She leafed through the volume”Synonyms: flickthumbriffleleafriff
  4. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the airSynonyms: twitch
  5. cause to move with a flick“he flicked his Bic”Synonyms: flick
  6. throw or toss with a light motion“flip me the beachball”“toss me newspaper”Synonyms: tossskypitch
  7. move with a flick or light motion
  8. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse“flip over the pork chop”“turn over the pancakes”Synonyms: flip overturn over
  9. react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way“he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University”Synonyms: flip out
  10. go mad, go crazy“He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off”Synonyms: flip out
  11. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)Synonyms: interchangetackswitchalternateflip-flop

Adjective (1)

  1. marked by casual disrespect“a flip answer to serious question”“the student was kept in for impudent behavior”Synonyms: impudentinsolentsnotty-nosed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flip \Flip\ (fl[i^]p), n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.] A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron. [1913 Webster]

Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip. [1913 Webster]

Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]

1.To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent. [1913 Webster]

As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.— W. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake. [PJC]

3.To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant. [cant] [PJC]

4.(Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit. [cant] [PJC]

Flip \Flip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.] To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out. [PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

FLIP

1.An early assembly language on the G-15.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].

2.["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].

3.Formal LIst Processor.

An early language for pattern-matching on Lisp structures, similar to CONVERT.

["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].

(1995-01-31)

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