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English Dictionary: flip |
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4 results for flip |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- flip
- adj
- marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
Synonym(s): impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip
- n
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return
Synonym(s): somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- a sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over"
- the act of flipping a coin
Synonym(s): flip, toss
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
Synonym(s): pass, toss, flip
- v
- lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know
what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
Synonym(s): flip, toss
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
Synonym(s): throw, flip, switch
- look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
Synonym(s): flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Synonym(s): flip, twitch
- cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"
Synonym(s): flip, flick
- throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
Synonym(s): flip, toss, sky, pitch
- move with a flick or light motion
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
Synonym(s): flip, flip over, turn over
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"
Synonym(s): flip, flip out
- go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
Synonym(s): flip, flip out
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonym(s): interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Flip \Flip\, 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.
{Flip dog}, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flipping}.]
To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip
their cherry stones. --W. Browne.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
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)
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