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Synonyms for flip

Grammar : Verb
Spell : flip
Phonetic Transcription : flɪp

Définition of flip

Origin :
  • 1590s (1520s in flip-flop), imitative or else a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip one's lid "lose one's head, go wild" is from 1950. For flip (adj.) "glib," see flippant. Meaning "to flip a coin" (to decide something) is by 1879. As a noun by 1690s. Related: Flipped. Flipping (adj.) as euphemism for fucking is British slang first recorded 1911 in D.H. Lawrence. Flip side (of a gramophone record) is by 1949.
  • verb throw, jump with abandon
Example sentences :
  • And I noticed also that she either doesn't know it, or doesn't give a flip.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Now I'm going to flip you out, yes, out, into a strange region.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • To make a quart of flip, put the ale on the fire to warm, and beat up three or four eggs, with four ounces of moist sugar.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Given a hot room they might flip right over and go off with a bang.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • By reaching out with my pole I could just flip the hopper into the water.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • And Rodolphe finished his sentence with a gesture that said, "I could crush him with a flip of my finger."
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • It is indeed; and thanks to you, too, Flip, for sticking up for me.
  • Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • Thank you for nothing, Kenrick,” said Walter curtly; “come along, Flip.
  • Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • Lance would have made some savage reply, but Flip interrupted.
  • Extract from : « Flip: A California Romance » by Bret Harte
  • Of these, three of the letters and the two parcels were directed to Flip.
  • Extract from : « Flip: A California Romance » by Bret Harte

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