verb, flipped, flip⋅ping, noun | 1. | to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, esp. so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin. |
| 2. | to move (something) suddenly or jerkily. |
| 3. | to turn over, esp. with a short rapid gesture: to flip pancakes with a spatula. |
| 4. | Slang. to make (someone) insane, irrational, angry, or highly excited (usually fol. by out). |
| 5. | Finance. to resell, esp. quickly, or to refinance, as a mortgage loan. |
| 6. | to make a flicking movement; strike at something smartly or sharply; snap. |
| 7. | to move oneself with or as if with flippers: The seals flipped along the beach. |
| 8. | to move with a jerk or jerks. |
| 9. | to turn over or perform a somersault in the air. |
| 10. | Slang.
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| 11. | an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike. |
| 12. | a sudden jerk. |
| 13. | a somersault, esp. one performed in the air: a back flip off the diving board. |
| 14. | Cards. a variety of seven-card stud in which each player receives the first four cards facedown and selects two of them to expose before receiving the next card. |
| 15. | Slang. flip side. |
| 16. | flip one's lid or wig, Slang. lid (def. 9). |
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