flip

[US]/flɪp/
[UK]/flɪp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. flick lightly; toss
vi. snap with fingers; bounce
adj. impolite; casual
n. somersault; bounce

Phrases & Collocations

flip a coin

flip a switch

flip a pancake

flip-flops

flip side

flip chip

flip over

flip out

back flip

flip saunders

Example Sentences

a flip of the wrist.

a foreign policy flip-flop.

a flip answer to a serious question.

a quick flip through my cookery books.

virtues are the flip side of vices.

his flip-flop on taxes.

a large flip-top rubbish bin.

Friendly Frank flips fine Flapjack.

to flip an egg over in the pan

I did a flip round the post-show party.

he couldn't get away with flip, funny conversation.

the candidate flip-flopped on a number of issues.

The door flip-floped in high wind.

flip a switch; flipped open her briefcase.

given those odds one might as well flip a coin.

she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers.

It is Mabinogi Online Gold , apparently, the psychological flip side to Affluenza.

flip over a card; flipped the record to play the other side.

Real-world Examples

You flipped the table. There was food everywhere.

Source: We Bare Bears

It is very important to just have a quick flip through.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

I mean now the thing that I prefer is to be on this kind of swing and and do kind of things upside down and flips.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

Of course, there's a flip side to all this doom and gloom.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2018 Compilation

A vehicle similar to this one flipped with Millikan's leg caught in the wheel.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

Now we're ready to flip to the other side.

Source: New Year dishes

Front legs stretched out, back ones tucked in to flip the other half of its body around.

Source: Vox opinion

What all this does is it flips Darwin completely on his head.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2016 Compilation

You keep flipping through the channels.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

I didn't give in until I had a couple of friends who looked at my flip phone and just laughed.

Source: Scientific World

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