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Textual thesaurus for "flip"

(adj) impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed

marked by casual disrespect

a flip answer to serious question; the student was kept in for impudent behavior


(noun) toss, pass

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

the pass was fumbled


(noun) somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset

an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return


(noun) toss

the act of flipping a coin


(verb) alternate, switch, tack, interchange, flip-flop

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)


(verb) flip out

go mad, go crazy

He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off


(verb) flip out

react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University


(verb) turn over, flip over

turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

flip over the pork chop; turn over the pancakes


(verb) throw, switch

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

switch on the light; throw the lever


(verb) pitch, sky, toss

throw or toss with a light motion

flip me the beachball; toss me newspaper


(verb) toss

lightly throw to see which side comes up

I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!


(verb) flick

cause to move with a flick

he flicked his Bic


(verb) twitch

toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air


(verb) thumb, leaf, flick, riff, riffle

look through a book or other written material

He thumbed through the report; She leafed through the volume