FLIP (flipped, flipping)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flip mean? 

• FLIP (noun)
  The noun FLIP has 5 senses:

1. an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
2. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
3. the act of flipping a coin
4. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
5. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

  Familiarity information: FLIP used as a noun is common.

• FLIP (adjective)
  The adjective FLIP has 1 sense:

1. marked by casual disrespect

  Familiarity information: FLIP used as an adjective is very rare.

• FLIP (verb)
  The verb FLIP has 10 senses:

1. lightly throw to see which side comes up
2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
3. look through a book or other written material
4. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
5. cause to move with a flick
6. throw or toss with a light motion
7. move with a flick or light motion
8. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
9. go mad, go crazy
10. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

  Familiarity information: FLIP used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLIP (noun)

Sense 1

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flip; somersault; somersaulting; summerset; summersault; somerset

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

tumble (an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flip"):

flip-flop (a backward somersault)

Sense 2

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

mixed drink (made of two or more ingredients)

Sense 3

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The act of flipping a coin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

toss; flip

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)

Sense 4

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

dive; diving (a headlong plunge into water)

Sense 5

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

toss; flip; pass

Context example:

the pass was fumbled

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flip"):

centering; snap ((American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back)

• FLIP (adjective)

Sense 1

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Marked by casual disrespect

Synonyms:

flip; impudent; insolent; snotty-nosed

Context examples:

a flip answer to serious question / the student was kept in for impudent behavior

Similar:

disrespectful (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous)

• FLIP (verb)

Sense 1

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Lightly throw to see which side comes up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

flip; toss

Context example:

I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They flip the coin

Sense 2

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flip; switch; throw

Context examples:

switch on the light / throw the lever

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

engage; lock; mesh; operate (keep engaged)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flip"):

switch on; turn on (cause to operate by flipping a switch)

cut; switch off; turn off; turn out (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Look through a book or other written material

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

leaf; riff; thumb; riffle; flick; flip

Context examples:

He thumbed through the report / She leafed through the volume

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

peruse (examine or consider with attention and in detail)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

twitch; flip

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Cause to move with a flick

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

flick; flip

Context example:

he flicked his Bic

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

throw (project through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Throw or toss with a light motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

toss; sky; pitch; flip

Context examples:

flip me the beachball / toss me newspaper

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

fling (throw with force or recklessness)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flip"):

submarine (throw with an underhand motion)

lag (throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)

throw back; toss back (throw back with a quick, light motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The children flip the ball

Sense 7

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Move with a flick or light motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 8

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flip over; flip; turn over

Context examples:

flip over the pork chop / turn over the pancakes

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 9

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Go mad, go crazy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

flip out; flip

Context example:

He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 10

flip [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

flip-flop; interchange; alternate; tack; switch; flip

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something