flipping

[flip-ing] Origin

flip·ping

[flip-ing]
adjective, adverb Chiefly British Slang.
(used as an intensifier): I'm flipping tired of your excuses.

Origin:
1910–15; flip1 + -ing2; perhaps euphemistically echoing fucking

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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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, especially 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, especially with a short rapid gesture: to flip pancakes with a spatula.
4.
Slang. to make (someone) insane, irrational, angry, or highly excited (usually followed by out).
5.
Finance. to resell, especially 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 followed by out).
noun
11.
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
12.
a sudden jerk.
13.
a somersault, especially 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/wig, Slang. lid (def. 9).

Origin:
1585–95; 1955–60 for def. 10; see fillip
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flipping (ˈflɪpɪŋ)
 
adj, —adv
slang (Brit) (intensifier): a flipping idiot; it's flipping cold
 
[C19: perhaps a euphemism for fucking]

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flip
sailors' hot drink usually containing beer, brandy and sugar, 1695, from flip (v.), so called from notion of it being "whipped up" or beaten.
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flip (out) definition


  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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flipping definition


  1. mod.
    damnable. (Euphemistic for fucking. Usually objectionable.) : Get this flipping dog out of here!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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