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flip

1[flip] verb, flipped, flip⋅ping, noun
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
a. to react to something in an excited, astonished, or delighted manner: He really flipped over his new girlfriend.
b. to become insane, irrational, angry, or highly excited (often fol. by out).
–noun
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).

Origin:
1585–95; 1955–60 for def. 10; see fillip
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flip (out)

  1. in.
    to lose control of oneself; to go crazy. : Wow, I almost flipped out when I heard about it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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flip (so) off

and flip (so) out
  1. tv.
    to give (so) the finger. (Collegiate.) : Did you flip me off? You better not have. , Ernie flipped Tom out, and Tom flattened Ernie. Ah, life in the big city.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flip  (n.)
sailors' hot drink usually containing beer, brandy and sugar, 1695, from flip (v.), so called from notion of it being "whipped up" or beaten.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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