flip
/flɪp/ verb B2- To throw so as to turn over. · You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
- To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. · If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
- To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections. · Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.
- To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors. · The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.
- To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions. · The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.
- To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry. · I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
- To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit. · Those companies have been flipping houses in the real estate market for years.
He/she/it flips · Past flipped · Past participle flipped · -ing form flipping
Verb forms
- Base form
- flip
- He/she/it
- flips
- Past
- flipped
- Past participle
- flipped
- -ing form
- flipping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Wait my coming, O most infamous Bandar-log!” He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel.
The main goal is to make the heavy log flip over perfectly.
The bobsled flipped over, sliding down the rest of the track on its side.
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