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flip

1  [flip] verb, flipped, flip⋅ping, noun
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–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.
—Idiom
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

2  [flip]
–noun
1. a mixed drink made with liquor or wine, sugar, and egg, topped with powdered nutmeg and served hot or cold.
2. a drink, popular esp. in the 18th century, made with beer or ale mixed with rum or other liquor, sweetened and served hot.
Origin:
1675–85; perh. n. use of flip 1 , so called from tossing or flipping of ingredients in preparation

flip

3  [flip]
–adjective, flip⋅per, flip⋅pest. Informal.
flippant; pert.
Origin:
1840–50; adj. use of flip 1
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flip   (flĭp)   
v.   flipped, flip·ping, flips

v.   tr.

  1. To throw or toss with a light brisk motion: flipped me the ball; flipped his hair out of his eyes.

  2. To toss in the air, imparting a spin: flip a coin.

    1. To turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion: flip over a card; flipped the tape to play the other side.

    2. To turn through; leaf: flipped the pages of the report.

  4. To strike quickly or lightly; flick.

  5. To move or act on with a quick motion: flip a switch; flipped open her briefcase.

v.   intr.

  1. To turn over: The canoe flipped over in the rapids.

  2. To turn a somersault, especially in the air.

  3. To move in twists and turns: fish flipping about in the net.

  4. To move quickly and lightly; snap: The lid flipped open.

  5. To leaf; browse: flipped through the catalogue.

  6. Slang

    1. To go crazy. Often used with out.

    2. To react strongly and especially enthusiastically: She flipped over the new car.

n.  

  1. The act of flipping, especially:

    1. A flick or tap.

    2. A short, quick movement: a flip of the wrist.

    3. A somersault.

  2. Informal A reversal; a flipflop.

  3. A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.

adj.   flip·per, flip·pest Informal
Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent: a flip answer to a serious question.

[Perhaps imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
flip

  1. in.
    to go crazy. : Wow, I've got so much to do, I may just flip.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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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Word Origin & History

flip  (v.)
1594, possibly imitative; or a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip one's lid "lose one's head, go wild" is from 1951. For flip (adj.) "glib," see flippant. Flipping (adj.) as euphemism for fucking is British slang first recorded 1911 in D.H. Lawrence.

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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Financial Dictionary

Flip

A point when traders shift from having more long positions to having more short positions.

Investopedia Commentary

This can be a very effective tool for determining the trend of a certain currency. A shift from long to short positions indicates that the market's bullish outlook on a specific currency could be coming to an end.

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See also: Bull Market, Currency, Forex, Long, Short, Trend

Also spelled: Positioning Flips, Position Flip, Flipping positions

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Computing Dictionary

FLIP
1. An early assembly language on the G-15.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2. ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].
3. Formal LIst Processor.
An early language for pattern-matching on Lisp structures, similar to CONVERT.
["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].
(1995-01-31)

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