Flip \Flip\ (fl[i^]p), n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant,
also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot
iron.
[1913 Webster]
Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Flipping.]
1. To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over
one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
[1913 Webster]
As when your little ones
Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.
--W. Browne.
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2. To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to
flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
[PJC]
3. To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues,
such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal
prosecution in which the person is a defendant. [cant]
[PJC]
4. (Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick
profit. [cant]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Flip \Flip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Flipping.]
To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as,
seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flip
adj : marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed]
n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
somersaulting]
2: hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
3: the act of flipping a coin [syn: toss]
4: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the
water
5: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss]
v 1: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: toss]
2: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch
on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, switch]
3: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
flick, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]
4: toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in
the air [syn: twitch]
5: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flick]
6: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: toss, sky, pitch]
7: move with a flick or light motion
8: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the
pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip over, turn
over]
9: go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was
being laid off" [syn: flip out]
10: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange,
tack, switch, alternate, flip-flop]
[also: flipping, flipped]
WordNet (r) 2.0
227 Moby Thesaurus words for "flip":
about-face, afterthoughts, all jaw, anger, be angry, be excitable,
beak, beat, bellow, better thoughts, bicker, biggety,
blow a gasket, blow up, bluff, bob, bowl, brash, brush, bunt,
candid, cast, catapult, catch fire, catch the infection,
change of mind, change of pace, change-up, chatty, cheeky, chuck,
chunk, chutzpadik, cocky, come apart, come unstuck, communicative,
contemptuous, conversational, crack, crack up, crusty, curve, dab,
dance, dart, dash, derisive, disrespectful, downcurve, effusive,
excite easily, expansive, explode, facy, fastball, fillip, fire,
fire up, flame up, flap, flare up, flash up, flick, flicker, fling,
flip out, flip-flop, flippant, flirt, flit, flitter, flop, flounce,
fluent, flutter, fork, forward pass, frank, freak, freak out,
fresh, gabby, gally, garrulous, gassy, get excited, glib,
go berserk, go crazy, go haywire, go into hysterics, go mad,
go pitapat, go to pieces, gossipy, gratuitous, graze, gregarious,
gushy, gutter, have a tantrum, heave, hit the ceiling, hitch, hurl,
hurtle, impertinent, impudent, incurve, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget,
jiggle, jog, joggle, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass,
launch, let fly, lob, long-winded, loquacious, lose courage,
lose self-control, malapert, mature judgment, multiloquent,
multiloquious, nervy, newsy, outcurve, overtalkative, palpitate,
pass, pat, peck, peg, pelt, pert, pick, pitch, pitchfork,
pitter-patter, pluck, prolix, pulse, put, put the shot, rage, ramp,
rant, rant and rave, rap, rave, reversal, reverse, right-about,
right-about-face, rude, run a temperature, sassy, saucy, screwball,
second thoughts, seethe, serve, service, shot-put, shy, sinker,
slat, slider, sling, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smolder,
smooth, snake, snap, snatch, sociable, spin, spitball, spitter,
splutter, sputter, start, storm, sudden pull, take fire, talkative,
talky, tap, tergiversating, tergiversation, throb, throw, tickle,
tilt, tip, toss, touch, turn, turn a hair, turnabout, turnaround,
tweak, twist, twitch, uncalled-for, upcurve, verbose, volte-face,
voluble, wave, waver, whisk, windy, wise-ass, wrench, yank, yerk
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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