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FLIP

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Irregular inflected forms: flipped    , flipping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Example:

the pass was fumbled

Synonyms:

flip; pass; toss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flip"):

centering; snap ((American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back)

Derivation:

flip (throw or toss with a light motion)

flip (cause to move with a flick)

flip (toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Synonyms:

flip; somersault; somersaulting; somerset; summersault; summerset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

tumble (an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flip"):

flip-flop (a backward somersault)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

dive; diving (a headlong plunge into water)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of flipping a coin

Synonyms:

flip; toss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)

Derivation:

flip (lightly throw to see which side comes up)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sudden, quick movement

Example:

the fish flipped over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("flip" is a kind of...):

mixed drink (made of two or more ingredients)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by casual disrespect

Example:

the student was kept in for impudent behavior

Synonyms:

flip; impudent; insolent; snotty-nosed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

disrespectful (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Synonyms:

alternate; flip; flip-flop; interchange; switch; tack

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go mad, go crazy

Example:

He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off

Synonyms:

flip; flip out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

Example:

he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University

Synonyms:

flip; flip out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

Example:

turn over the pancakes

Synonyms:

flip; flip over; turn over

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Move with a flick or light motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

flipper (the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming)

flipper (a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

Example:

throw the lever

Synonyms:

flip; switch; throw

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

engage; lock; mesh; operate (keep engaged)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flip"):

switch on; turn on (cause to operate by flipping a switch)

cut; switch off; turn off; turn out (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Throw or toss with a light motion

Example:

toss me newspaper

Synonyms:

flip; pitch; sky; toss

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

fling (throw with force or recklessness)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flip"):

submarine (throw with an underhand motion)

lag (throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)

throw back; toss back (throw back with a quick, light motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The children flip the ball

Derivation:

flip ((sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Lightly throw to see which side comes up

Example:

I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!

Synonyms:

flip; toss

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They flip the coin

Derivation:

flip (the act of flipping a coin)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Cause to move with a flick

Example:

he flicked his Bic

Synonyms:

flick; flip

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

flip ((sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

Synonyms:

flip; twitch

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

flip ((sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Look through a book or other written material

Example:

She leafed through the volume

Synonyms:

flick; flip; leaf; riff; riffle; thumb

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "flip" is one way to...):

peruse (examine or consider with attention and in detail)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Yeah." He flipped his sleeves up under his coat. "Yeah, Gatsby's very careful about women. He would never so much as look at a friend's wife."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"We'll go downstairs," interrupted Gatsby. He flipped a switch. The grey windows disappeared as the house glowed full of light.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)