flip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To turn something over quickly so the other side shows.

   Flip the pancake when it starts to bubble.

2. 2
   verb

   To throw a coin in the air to decide something by chance.

   Let's flip a coin to see who goes first.

3. 3
   noun

   A quick movement that turns something over.

   With a flip of the wrist, she turned the card face up.

4. 4
   verb

   To suddenly become very excited, upset, or angry.

   She flipped when she heard she had won.

Multiword verbs with flip

• flip over Phrasal verb B2

  to turn something quickly so that its other side faces upward

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Simplified etymology

Flip probably arose in the mid-16th century as a shortened form of fillip, which originally meant “a flick of the finger.”

Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).

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