flip

flip1 [ flıp ] verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to turn over quickly, or make something turn over:

The car flipped as it rounded the final curve.

You're supposed to flip a new mattress regularly.

Just six months ago, she was flipping hamburgers for $6 an hour.

a ) to throw a coin into the air, making it turn over quickly, in order to decide about an issue: TOSS

2. ) intransitive to change suddenly from one subject, activity, or opinion to another:

flip between: She can flip between Spanish and English very easily.

They've flipped back and forth between supporting and opposing these proposals.

a ) intransitive or transitive to quickly change the CHANNELS on a television:

Would you stop flipping channels!

b ) transitive to quickly turn the pages in a book, magazine, etc.

3. ) transitive to change the position of something, or exchange the positions of two or more things:

flip something around/round: Flip the last two numbers around and there's your answer.

4. ) flip or flip out intransitive INFORMAL to become very angry:

Her father flipped when he saw the phone bill.

a ) to become very enthusiastic or happy:

He flipped when he heard that he'd won.

flip a switch

to switch a light, machine, etc. on or off

flip someone the bird/flip off AMERICAN INFORMAL

to make a very rude and offensive sign that you are angry by showing someone your raised middle finger

flip your lid INFORMAL

to become so angry that you lose control

,flip `off phrasal verb transitive

1. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL to make a very rude and offensive sign that you are angry by showing someone your raised middle finger:

That guy just flipped me off.

2. ) to switch off a light, machine, etc.

,flip `on phrasal verb transitive

to switch on a light, machine, etc.

,flip `out phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL

same as FLIP1 4

,flip `through phrasal verb transitive

flip through something to quickly look through a magazine or book, or quickly look at several different television programs: FLICK THROUGH

flip

flip 2 [ flıp ] noun count

1. ) an action of quickly hitting a small object with your fingers or thumb, especially so that it spins in the air:

the flip of a coin: The game was decided by the flip of a coin.

2. ) an action of jumping up and turning completely over in the air:

He broke his arm trying to do a flip.

flip

flip 3 [ flıp ] adjective INFORMAL

not serious enough, or not showing enough respect: FLIPPANT:

a flip answer/remark