flip

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɪp/ Rhymes: -ɪp === Etymology 1 === Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”). ==== Noun ==== flip (countable and uncountable, plural flips) A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. Synonyms: inversion, swap (archaic) A fillip or light blow. Synonym: flick (dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount. Synonyms: bit; see also Thesaurus:modicum A short flight. (US, slang) A slingshot. A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit. (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== flip (third-person singular simple present flips, present participle flipping, simple past and past participle flipped) (transitive) To throw so as to turn over. Synonyms: turn, turn over (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. Synonym: toss (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections. (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors. (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry. (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic. 1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I got a silver ring with a "B" on it for Beatles. I really flip for those excellent guys. (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit. (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees. (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along. (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc. (intransitive) To flap. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Non-vulgar euphemism for fuck. ==== Interjection ==== flip (UK, euphemistic, colloquial) Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error. ===== Synonyms ===== damn ===== Related terms ===== flipping what the flip === Etymology 3 === Clipping of flippant. ==== Adjective ==== flip (comparative flipper, superlative flippest) (UK, informal) Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose. Sarcastic. (informal) Disrespectful, flippant. ===== Synonyms ===== (disrespectful): see Thesaurus:cheeky ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Compare English dialect flip (“nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow”). ==== Noun ==== flip (uncountable) A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog"). Synonym: flannel 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 21: I frequently took of large potations, though not of champagne certainly, but port, strong ales, and punch, and when our funds were low as sometimes happened, hot flip […] . == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === flip inflection of flippen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == French == === Etymology === First attested 1716, borrowed from English flip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flip/ === Noun === flip m (plural flips) a type of alcoholic punch from Normandy, composed of cider and calvados (gymnastics) backflip === Further reading === “flip”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From English flip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flihp/ === Noun === flip m flip dèan flip! ― do a flip! thoir flip dheth ― flip it === Interjection === flip (euphemistic, colloquial) Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.