flip

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flip1 / flip/ • v. (flipped, flip·ping) 1. turn over or cause to turn over with a sudden sharp movement: [tr.] the yacht was flipped by a huge wave | [intr.] the plane flipped over and then exploded. 2. [tr.] move, push, or throw (something) with a sudden sharp movement: she flipped off her dark glasses she flipped a few coins on to the bar. ∎  [tr.] turn (an electrical appliance or switch) on or off: he flipped a switch and the front door opened. ∎  [tr.] toss (a coin) to decide an issue: given those odds, one may as well flip a coin | [intr.] you want to flip for it? 3. [tr.] buy and sell (a property) quickly and profitably using a fraudulent evaluation of its worth: within one week of starting I flipped a property for a quick $3,000 profit.4. Comput. [tr.] access the nonpublic parts of (a Web site): if you want to learn who the main IT contact at a company is, just flip their Web site.5. [intr.] inf. suddenly become deranged or very angry: he had clearly flipped under the pressure. ∎  suddenly become very enthusiastic: I walked into a store, saw it on the wall, and just flipped.• n. a sudden sharp movement: the fish made little leaps and flips. ∎  (a flip through) a quick look or search through a volume or a collection of papers: a quick flip through my cookbooks.• adj. glib; flippant: he couldn't get away with flip, funny conversation.• interj. used to express mild annoyance.PHRASES: flip one's lid (or one's wig) inf. suddenly become deranged or lose one's self-control.PHRASAL VERBS: flip through look or search quickly through (a volume or a collection of papers): just flip through the phone book and pick a lawyer.flip2 • n. another term for eggnog.

flip

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flip1 give a smart blow or jerk to; strike (something) in this way. XVI. prob. contr. of FILLIP; but cf. flip-flap (XVI), redupl. form. on FLAP.
Hence as sb. XVII.

flip

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flip2 mixture of beer and spirit sweetened and heated with a hot iron. XVII. perh. f. prec. vb. with the notion of ‘whipping up’ into froth.

flip

views updated May 18 2018

flip Drink made with beaten egg and milk, with added wine or spirit, and sweetened.

FLIP

views updated May 18 2018

FLIP (flɪp) US Navy floating instrument platform

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