flip

I UK [flɪp] / US verb
Word forms "flip":
present tense I/you/we/they flip he/she/it flips present participle flipping past tense flipped past participle flipped

1) flip or ˌflip oˈver

[intransitive/transitive] to turn over quickly, or to make something turn over

The car flipped as it went round the final curve.

You're supposed to flip a new mattress regularly.

Just six months ago, she was flipping hamburgers for $6 an hour.

a) to throw a coin into the air, making it turn over quickly, in order to decide about an issue

b) to throw something with a sudden movement using your fingers and thumb

She flipped her glasses onto the desk in front of her.

2) [intransitive] to change suddenly from one subject, activity, or opinion to another

flip between:

She can flip between Spanish and English very easily.

They've flipped back and forth between supporting and opposing these proposals.

a) [intransitive/transitive] to quickly change the channels on a television

Would you stop flipping channels!

b) [transitive] to quickly turn the pages in a book, magazine etc

3) [transitive] to change the position of something, or exchange the positions of two or more things

flip something around/round:

Flip the last two numbers around and there's your answer.

4)

a) flip or flip out

[intransitive] informal to become very angry

Her father flipped when he saw the phone bill.

b) to become very enthusiastic or happy

He flipped when he heard that he'd won.

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- flip a switch

- flip your lid

Phrasal verbs:

- flip for

- flip off

- flip on

- flip out

- flip over

- flip through

II UK [flɪp] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "flip":
singular flip plural flips

1) an action of quickly hitting a small object with your fingers or thumb, especially so that it spins in the air

the flip of a coin:

The game was decided by the flip of a coin.

2) an action of jumping up and turning completely over in the air

He broke his arm trying to do a flip.

III UK [flɪp] / US adjective
Word forms "flip":
adjective flip comparative flipper superlative flippest informal

not serious enough, or not showing enough respect

a flip answer/remark