Flip \Flip\ (fl[i^]p), n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant,
   also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]
   A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot
   iron.
   [1913 Webster]

   Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Flipping.]
   1. To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over
      one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
      [1913 Webster]

            As when your little ones
            Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones.
                                                  --W. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to
      flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
      [PJC]

   3. To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues,
      such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal
      prosecution in which the person is a defendant. [cant]
      [PJC]

   4. (Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick
      profit. [cant]
      [PJC]

	

	Flip \Flip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Flipping.]
   To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as,
   seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
   [PJC]

	

	flip
     adj : marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
           question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
           behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed]
     n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
          (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
           somersaulting]
     2: hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
     3: the act of flipping a coin [syn: toss]
     4: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the
        water
     5: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
        your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss]
     v 1: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
          to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: toss]
     2: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch
        on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, switch]
     3: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
        through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
         flick, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]
     4: toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in
        the air [syn: twitch]
     5: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flick]
     6: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
        "toss me newspaper" [syn: 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"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip over, turn
        over]
     9: go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was
        being laid off" [syn: flip out]
     10: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange,
          tack, switch, alternate, flip-flop]
     [also: flipping, flipped]

	

	227 Moby Thesaurus words for "flip":
   about-face, afterthoughts, all jaw, anger, be angry, be excitable,
   beak, beat, bellow, better thoughts, bicker, biggety,
   blow a gasket, blow up, bluff, bob, bowl, brash, brush, bunt,
   candid, cast, catapult, catch fire, catch the infection,
   change of mind, change of pace, change-up, chatty, cheeky, chuck,
   chunk, chutzpadik, cocky, come apart, come unstuck, communicative,
   contemptuous, conversational, crack, crack up, crusty, curve, dab,
   dance, dart, dash, derisive, disrespectful, downcurve, effusive,
   excite easily, expansive, explode, facy, fastball, fillip, fire,
   fire up, flame up, flap, flare up, flash up, flick, flicker, fling,
   flip out, flip-flop, flippant, flirt, flit, flitter, flop, flounce,
   fluent, flutter, fork, forward pass, frank, freak, freak out,
   fresh, gabby, gally, garrulous, gassy, get excited, glib,
   go berserk, go crazy, go haywire, go into hysterics, go mad,
   go pitapat, go to pieces, gossipy, gratuitous, graze, gregarious,
   gushy, gutter, have a tantrum, heave, hit the ceiling, hitch, hurl,
   hurtle, impertinent, impudent, incurve, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget,
   jiggle, jog, joggle, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass,
   launch, let fly, lob, long-winded, loquacious, lose courage,
   lose self-control, malapert, mature judgment, multiloquent,
   multiloquious, nervy, newsy, outcurve, overtalkative, palpitate,
   pass, pat, peck, peg, pelt, pert, pick, pitch, pitchfork,
   pitter-patter, pluck, prolix, pulse, put, put the shot, rage, ramp,
   rant, rant and rave, rap, rave, reversal, reverse, right-about,
   right-about-face, rude, run a temperature, sassy, saucy, screwball,
   second thoughts, seethe, serve, service, shot-put, shy, sinker,
   slat, slider, sling, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smolder,
   smooth, snake, snap, snatch, sociable, spin, spitball, spitter,
   splutter, sputter, start, storm, sudden pull, take fire, talkative,
   talky, tap, tergiversating, tergiversation, throb, throw, tickle,
   tilt, tip, toss, touch, turn, turn a hair, turnabout, turnaround,
   tweak, twist, twitch, uncalled-for, upcurve, verbose, volte-face,
   voluble, wave, waver, whisk, windy, wise-ass, wrench, yank, yerk

	

	FLIP
     
        1. An early assembly language on the G-15.
     
        [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
     
        2. ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].
     
        3. Formal LIst Processor.
     
        An early language for pattern-matching on Lisp structures,
        similar to CONVERT.
     
        ["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo
        MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].
     
        (1995-01-31)

	

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