English Explanatory Dictionary

flip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
  2. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
  3. A fillip or light blow.
  4. A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
  5. A short flight.
  6. A slingshot.
  7. A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
  8. The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
  9. The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
verb
  1. To throw so as to turn over.
  2. To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
  3. To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
  4. To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
  5. To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
  6. To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
  7. To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
  8. To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
  9. To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
  10. To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
  11. To hand over or pass along.
  12. To switch to another task, etc.
intj
  1. Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
adj
  1. Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
  2. Sarcastic.
  3. Disrespectful, flippant.
noun
  1. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
noun
  1. A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
name
  1. A nickname for Philippa.
noun
  1. Acronym of flexible loan insurance plan.

Pronunciation

/flɪp/ en-us-flip.ogg En-au-Flip.ogg

Word forms

flip flips flipping flipped flipper flippest

Etymology

Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).

Synonyms

inversion swap flick bit ace atom atomy aught bissel crumb glimpse dab damn dash diddly glint dot spatter drop dusting fleck glimmer hint flip flyspeck grain halfpennyworth inch iota jot lick mite modicum molecule morceau morsel mote ooch ounce particle pennyworth piece pinch relish scantling semblance scent scintilla scooch scrap scruple shred skerrick skoosh skosh sliver smattering smidge smidgen smidget

Related words

flipping what the flip

Derived words

flippening flipple flipboard flip book flipcard flip chart flip chip flip clock flip cup flip-dog flip-flap flipflash flip flop flip-flop → flip-flopper flip-flop operator flip-fuck flip-in flipism flipless flip mode flip of the coin flippase flip-phone flippy flippy disk flip shit flip side flip smartphone flip teaching flip throw flip-top flip turn flip-up flip-ups flip wipe frontflip asset flip backflip bistellar flip bitflip candy flip catch you on the flip side coin flip egg flip gender-flip Haakon flip hardflip headflip heelflip hippie flip Jedi flip kickflip kitty flip Korbut flip lip flip Miller flip misflip misty flip monkey flip nexus flip

Translations

Bulgarian: изперквам Bulgarian: изперкам Finnish: pimahtaa Finnish: seota German: ausflippen Greek: φλιπάρω Hungarian: bedühödik Hungarian: feldühödik Hungarian: bepöccen Hungarian: begorombul Hungarian: kiborul Italian: impazzirsi Portuguese: flipar Russian: взбеси́ться Russian: свихну́ться Russian: спя́тить Russian: рехну́ться Serbo-Croatian: flipnuti Spanish: flipar Swedish: flippa ut
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