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Adjective
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flipped, past participle; flipped, past tense; flips, 3rd person singular present; flipping, present participle;
  1. Glib; flippant
    • - he couldn't get away with flip, funny conversation
Exclamation
  1. Used to express mild annoyance

Verb
  1. Turn over or cause to turn over with a sudden sharp movement
    • - the yacht was flipped by a huge wave
    • - the plane flipped over and then exploded
  2. 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
  3. Turn (an electrical appliance or switch) on or off
    • - he flipped a switch and the front door opened
  4. Toss (a coin) to decide an issue
    • - given those odds, one may as well flip a coin
    • - you want to flip for it?
  5. Buy and sell (something, esp. real estate or shares) quickly to make a profit
    • - within one week of starting I flipped a property for a quick $3,000 profit
  6. Access the nonpublic parts of (a website)
    • - if you want to learn who the main IT contact at a company is, just flip their Web site
  7. Suddenly become deranged or very angry
    • - he had clearly flipped under the pressure
  8. Suddenly become very enthusiastic
    • - I walked into a store, saw it on the wall, and just flipped
Noun
  1. A sudden sharp movement
    • - the fish made little leaps and flips
  2. A quick look or search through a volume or a collection of papers
    • - a quick flip through my cookbooks
  3. A quick tour or pleasure trip
    • - I did a flip round the post-show party
  1. impudent: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
  2. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
  3. somersault: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
  4. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
  5. throw: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
  6. a sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over"
  7. An acrobatic flip is a sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and then rotates one or more times while airborne. Acrobatic flips are performed in acro dance, free running, gymnastics, tricking, and various other activities. ...
  8. Flip is a 1985 solo album from Nils Lofgren, longtime guitarist for Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. The sound is typical of the style of the mid-80's, with a heavy emphasis on the snare drum sound, Lofgren's guitar, and plenty of synthesizer.
  9. In algebraic geometry, flips and flops are codimension-2 surgery operations arising in the minimal model program, given by blowing up along a relative canonical ring. ...
  10. A flip is a class of mixed drinks. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was first used in 1695 to describe a mixture of beer, rum, and sugar, heated with a red-hot iron ("Thus we live at sea; eat biscuit, and drink flip"). ...
  11. The Fast-Local-Internet-Protocol is a Suite of Internet Protocols, which provide transparency, security and network management. (Tanenbaum et al., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  12. Fluorescence Loss in Photobleaching, or FLIP, is a technique in fluorescence microscopy which can be used to examine the movement or diffusion of molecules inside cells or membranes. ...
  13. A maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end; To throw (as in to turn over); To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger; To go berserk or crazy; To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit; Having the quality of ...
  14. (flipping) The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price; A mild intensifier; Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
  15. (Flipped) A status a permanent may have. See rule 110.6 and rule 709, "Flip Cards." See also Unflipped.
  16. (Flipped) This means the half hitch loop is transferred from below the left hand thread to above the LHT. This occurs in the first and second half hitch.
  17. (Flipped) When the balance on your trade exceeds the actual value of the vehicle.
  18. (flipping) A method of fishing by which the lure is swung, not cast, to the target or structure, often with as little disturbance of the water as possible. This technique is often used for placing baits strategically in thick cover, such as bushes, trees and stick-ups.
  19. (Flipping) Buying shares in an initial public offering (IPO), and then selling the shares immediately after the start of public trading to turn an immediate profit.
  20. (Flipping) Buying and then reselling property for a profit within a very short holding period.
  21. (Flipping (originally "flippin'")) a fixed-line presentation technique invented by Dee Thomas by which a lure (usually a jig or soft plastic bait) is propelled underhand in pendulum fashion to a point a short distance (usually about 15-18 feet) away
  22. (Flipping) A underhand casting technique placing a lure to a precise spot in a quite manner.
  23. (Flipping) Artificial and exaggerated action of the forelegs.
  24. (Flipping) Land or property flipping (as distinct from loan flipping which is repeated refinancing by predatory lenders) happens when property is purchased and quickly resold for a large profit, after little or no meaningful rehabilitation. ...
  25. (Flipping) Method used by mega-managers to juice up their performance.  Involves big dollar institutional brokers allocating all of the shares of IPO's to their favored clients (i.e. ...