Flip | Mean of flip in English Dictionary

/ˈflɪp/

• Verb
• to turn (something) over by throwing it up in the air with a quick movement
1. flip a coin
• to cause (something) to turn or turn over quickly
1. She was sitting in the waiting room, flipping the pages of a magazine.
2. He flipped his car (over) on the interstate.
3. They flipped the turtle (over) onto its back.
4. flip a pancake
5. (informal) He got a job flipping burgers. [=working as a cook in a fast-food restaurant]
6. His car flipped over on the interstate.
7. She was sitting in the waiting room, flipping [=leafing] through magazines.
• to move (something) with a quick light movement
1. flip a switch

• to turn (something) on or off with a switch
1. flip on the radio/TV
• to throw (something) with a quick movement
1. Flip me the ball. = Flip the ball to me.
• to become very excited or angry
1. You'll flip when you hear this!
2. Take the trash out before your father flips.
• to change or move through (channels, stations, etc.) quickly
1. He flipped the channel back to the golf tournament.
2. I spent the afternoon flipping channels.
3. He kept flipping [=switching] to another channel.
• to open or to cause (something) to open with a quick movement
1. Her notebook flipped open.
2. She flipped open her notebook.
• to become crazy or very excited or angry
1. I flipped out when I saw how they had changed my work.
2. She's going to flip out when she sees the great present I got her.
• to make an offensive gesture at someone by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down
1. angry drivers flipping each other the bird [=giving each other the bird/finger]
• to become crazy or very angry
1. His mother flipped her lid when she saw what a mess he'd made.
• Noun
• the act of flipping something
1. the flip of a coin
2. She turned on the lights with the flip of a switch.
• an athletic movement in which someone jumps in the air and rolls forward or backward
1. a back flip
• not serious
1. a flip answer/attitude