flip

Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier, from , an attenuated variation of. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

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 slingshot.
 * 6) 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
 * Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
 * 1)  The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
 * 2)  The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
 * 1) 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
 * Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
 * 1)  The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
 * 2)  The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
 * 1)  The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
 * 1)  The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ;
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: flippe
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , media vuelta


 * Finnish:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: cambio de sentido


 * Spanish:, peinado flip

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 ; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
 * 5)  To induce someone to ; 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) * 1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I got a silver ring with a "B" on it for Beatles. I really flip for those excellent guys.
 * 1)  To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
 * 2)  To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
 * 3)  To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
 * 4)  To hand over or pass along.
 * 5)  To switch to another task, etc.
 * 6)  To flap.
 * 1)  To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
 * 2) * 1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I got a silver ring with a "B" on it for Beatles. I really flip for those excellent guys.
 * 1)  To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
 * 2)  To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
 * 3)  To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
 * 4)  To hand over or pass along.
 * 5)  To switch to another task, etc.
 * 6)  To flap.
 * 1)  To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
 * 2)  To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
 * 3)  To hand over or pass along.
 * 4)  To switch to another task, etc.
 * 5)  To flap.
 * 1)  To switch to another task, etc.
 * 2)  To flap.
 * 1)  To flap.
 * 1)  To flap.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَلَب
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᎸᏛᏂᎭ
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , (food in a pan)
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:, spadellare (food in a pan)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: dar vuelta,


 * Finnish:
 * French: donner une pichenette
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , begorombul,
 * Italian: impazzirsi
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: flipnuti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: flippa ut


 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian:, , , , , , ,

Etymology 2
Apparently a euphemism for.

Etymology 3
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Adjective

 * 1)  Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
 * I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.
 * 1) Sarcastic.
 * 2)  Disrespectful, flippant.
 * Don't get flip with me or I'll knock you into next Tuesday!

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:cheeky

Etymology 4
Compare English dialect.

Noun

 * 1) A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
 * 2) * 1808–10,, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 21:
 * I frequently took of large potations, though not of champagne certainly, but port, strong ales, and punch, and when our funds were low as sometimes happened, hot flip.
 * I frequently took of large potations, though not of champagne certainly, but port, strong ales, and punch, and when our funds were low as sometimes happened, hot flip.

Etymology
First attested 1716,.

Noun

 * 1) a type of alcoholic punch from Normandy, composed of cider and calvados
 * 2)  backflip