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flip⋅ping

  [flip-ing]
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–adjective, adverb Chiefly British Slang.
(used as an intensifier): I'm flipping tired of your excuses.
Origin:
1910–15; flip 1 + -ing 2 ; perh. euphemistically echoing fucking
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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.
—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   (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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
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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flipping

  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.
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

flipping

The immediate selling of shares purchased in an initial public offering. Flipping is especially popular in a hot IPO market when newly issued shares can soar in price when they hit the secondary market. Investment banking firms underwriting new issues generally discourage flipping, in large part because it can depress a stock's price in the secondary market.

Case Study

In late 2001 UBS PaineWebber issued a memo to its branch offices that the firm intended to fine its brokers whose customers engaged in flipping shares purchased in initial public offerings underwritten by the firm. According to the policy, brokers would be required to pay a fine equal to 200% of their original commission. Following complaints from the firm's brokers, PaineWebber withdrew the proposal but indicated it would monitor the investment activity of clients who participated in new issues and adjust future allocations of shares in subsequent IPOs. Investment banking firms dislike flipping because it tends to destabilize trading and depress the stock's price, both of which are likely to anger management of the issuing company.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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