flip

Adjective

• marked by casual disrespect
  • a flip answer to serious question
    
  • the student was kept in for impudent behavior
    

Noun

• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
  • the pass was fumbled
    

• a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

• the act of flipping a coin

• a sudden, quick movement
  • with a flip of the wrist
    
  • the fish flipped over
    

• hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

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

Verb

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

• go mad, go crazy
  • He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off
    

• react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
  • he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University
    

• turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
  • flip over the pork chop
    
  • turn over the pancakes
    

• move with a flick or light motion

• throw or toss with a light motion
  • flip me the beachball
    
  • toss me newspaper
    

• cause to move with a flick
  • he flicked his Bic
    

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

• look through a book or other written material
  • He thumbed through the report
    
  • She leafed through the volume
    

• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
  • switch on the light
    
  • throw the lever
    

• lightly throw to see which side comes up
  • I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  impudent , insolent , snotty-nosed , pass , toss , somersault , somerset , summersault , summerset , somersaulting , interchange , tack , switch , alternate , flip-flop , flip out , flip over , turn over , sky , pitch , flick , twitch , thumb , riffle , leaf , riff , throw