flip
/flɪp/ noun B2- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. · We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.· The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- A whit or jot; the tiniest amount. · I don't care a flip for what he says.
- A short flight.
- A slingshot.
- 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. · Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
- The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
Plural flips
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The main goal is to make the heavy log flip over perfectly.
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