Flip

/flɪp/ · noun

Meaning

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end..

Definitions by Sense

1. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
2. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
3. (archaic) A fillip or light blow.
4. (dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
5. A short flight.
6. (US, slang) A slingshot.
7. A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
8. (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

Example Sentences

We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.

The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.

[…] who looked at Dean a moment, crossed over the stage to him, raised himself on his toes, dashed his own hat firmly down to his ears, and every one on the stage supposed Dean was about to receive a flip on the ear or nose.

I don't care a flip for what he says.

"While that was going on, we were getting organized. There were some fifty or sixty of us to begin with. I took flips in the helicopter, and when I saw signs of a group anywhere, I'd go down and issue a general invitation to come along."

He loaded his flip and took careful aim at what he considered to be Emily's most vulnerable spot […]

Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.

What they bring to the table is hard-won brass-tacks knowledge from over fifteen years of personal investing as well as riding shotgun on over 1,000 flips with their clients.

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Word Forms

• flips
• flipping
• flipped
• flipper
• flippest

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