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

1. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
   - somersault, somerset [dialect], summersault [archaic], somersaulting
    
2. Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
    
3. A sudden, quick movement
   "with a flip of the wrist"
    
4. The act of flipping a coin
   - toss
    
5. A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
    
6. (sport) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
   "the flip was fumbled";
   - pass, toss

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: flipping, flips, flipped

See also: disrespectful

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

Encyclopedia: Flip, Flop and Fly