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verb (flips, flipping, flipped)

• 1turn over or cause to turn over with a sudden quick movement: [no object]:the plane flipped over and then exploded [with object]:the six-foot wave flipped the dinghy over

• 2 [with object and adverbial] move, push, or throw (something) with a sudden quick movement:she flipped off her dark glasses she flipped a few coins on to the bar
• [with object] turn (an electrical appliance or switch) on or off:he flipped a switch and the front door opened
• [with object] toss (a coin) to decide an issue:given those odds one might as well flip a coin

• 3 [no object] informal suddenly lose control or become very angry:he had clearly flipped under the pressure
• suddenly become very enthusiastic:I walked into a store, saw the guitar on the wall, and just flipped

• 4 [with object] buy and sell (something, especially shares or property) quickly in order to make a profit:individual investors often flip the shares they buy within days, even hours

noun

• 1a sudden quick movement:the fish made little leaps and flips
• (a flip through) a quick look through a book, magazine, etc.:a quick flip through my cookery books

• 2British informal, dated a quick tour or pleasure trip:I did a flip round the post-show party

  [derived from an earlier sense 'short flight in an aircraft']

adjective

• glib or flippant:he couldn’t get away with flip, funny conversation

exclamation

• used to express mild annoyance.