1. Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
   "flip over the pork chop";
   - flip over, turn over
    
2. Throw with a light motion
   "flip me the beachball";
   - toss, sky, pitch
    
3. Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
   "She flipped the pancake";
   - twitch
    
4. Move with a flick or light motion
   "She flipped her hair out of her eyes"
    
5. Lightly throw to see which side comes up
   "I don't know what to do — I may as well flip a coin!";
   - toss
    
6. Cause to move with a flick
   "he flipped his Bic";
   - flick
    
7. Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
   "The politician flip-flopped on the issue before the election"; "Public opinion flipped overnight";
   - flip-flop
    
8. Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
   "flip the lever";
   - throw, switch
    
9. Look through a book or other written material
   "He flipped through the report";
   - flick, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
    
10. [informal] React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
    "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University";
    - flip out [informal]
     
11. [informal] Lose one's temper or control
    "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off";
    - flip out [informal]

1. A sudden, quick movement
   "with a flip of the wrist"
    
2. The act of flipping a coin
   "They decided who would go first with a coin flip";
   - toss
    
3. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
   "The children enjoyed doing flips on the grass";
   - somersault, somerset [dialect], summersault [archaic], somersaulting
    
4. A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
   "She performed a double flip dive with minimal splash"
    
5. (sport) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
   "the flip was fumbled";
   - pass, toss
    
6. Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
   "The traditional flip was made with beer, rum, and a beaten egg"

1. Marked by casual disrespect
   "a flip answer to serious question";
   - impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed

1. A suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management
   "FLIP is a connectionless protocol designed to support transparency, group communication, secure communication and easy network management";
   - fast local internet protocol

Derived forms: flipped, flips, flipping

See also: disrespectful

Type of: change, communications protocol, dive, engage, fling, impel, lock, mesh, mixed drink, move, operate, peruse, propel, protocol, react, reply, respond, reverse, throw, tumble, turn, wing

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