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flip

/flɪp/ verbe B2

En français : retourner, donner une pichenette

  1. To throw so as to turn over. (transitive) · You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
  2. To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. (transitive) · If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.
  3. To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections. (US, transitive) · Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.
  4. To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors. (US, intransitive) · The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence.
  5. To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions. (US, transitive) · The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver.
  6. To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry. (intransitive, slang) · I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
  7. To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic. (intransitive, slang)
  8. To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit. (slang, transitive) · Those companies have been flipping houses in the real estate market for years.

He/she/it flips · Prétérit flipped · Participe passé flipped · Forme en -ing flipping

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
flip
He/she/it
flips
Prétérit
flipped
Participe passé
flipped
Forme en -ing
flipping

Dans la bibliothèque

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 Jungle Book, p. 55 · B2
The main goal is to make the heavy log flip over perfectly.
The Highland Games, p. 1 · B1
The bobsled flipped over, sliding down the rest of the track on its side.
The Jamaican Bobsled Team, p. 1 · B2

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