flip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flip	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.
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.
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)