flip
IPA: fɫˈɪp
noun
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (archaic) A fillip or light blow.
- (dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
- 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
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- (slang, chiefly derogatory, ethnic slur) A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
- (finance) Acronym of flexible loan insurance plan.
verb
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, informal) To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive) To flap.
adjective
- (Britain, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
- Sarcastic.
- (informal) Disrespectful, flippant.
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Examples of "flip" in Sentences
- The plane flipped all of a sudden.
- It is the flip side of the same coin.
- Espada flips back and the return to normalcy.
- The flip results in favor of looking in the box.
- But the flip side of the coin is seldom mentioned.
- The women spin, flip, and dive into the arms of the men.
- The flip side of excessive boldness is excessive timidity.
- The flip side of the coin is the comparison to other schools.
- The camcorder was then renamed as the Flip Video a year later.
- The Flip Video Mino is a smaller version of the Flip Video camcorder.
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