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noun

Flip n. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.

verb

Flip v. t. (past & past part. flipped; pres. part. flipping)

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. "As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones."

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

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)

(Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit. (cant)

Flip v. i. (past & past part. flipped; pres. part. flipping) To become insane or irrational; often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

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Etymology of 'Flip'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flip" Quotes from Famous Books

... the bottle and rubbed a handful or so of the stuff well into Mr. Flynn's pet dog and let him go with a flip of my whip lash to help him on his way. He lit out for home as though the devil had kicked him, yelling blue murder and laying a trail of flowers and honey across the country so thick you could pretty nigh eat it. I gave him a fair start, then laid the hounds on and we had a five-mile point, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 4, 1920 • Various

... thought of any shootin', and our six-shooters was tied in, 'count of the jumpy country we'd been drivin' the steers over. But Gentleman Tim, who had unslung his rope, aimin' to help the hosses out of the chuckhole, snatched her off the horn, and with one of the prettiest twenty-foot flip throws I ever see done he snaked old Texas Pete right out of his wicky-up, gun and all. The old renegade did his best to twist around for a shot at us; but it was no go; and I never enjoyed hog-tying a critter more in my ...

— Arizona Nights • Stewart Edward White

... on his hands, feet waggling in the air, apparently from mere exuberance of spirits. Standing up again, he threw three flip-flops forward, then two backward, then turned a half a dozen cart wheels, during which gyrations he passed out of our ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... us," Ned replied, "but he won't find us chasing him. Go through some of your flip-flaps and then go back toward Lima. I want to say a few words to ...

— Boy Scouts in an Airship • G. Harvey Ralphson

... footsteps of what seemed a pretty numerous party, stumbling over the stones and rustling through the underbrush. Soon appeared the whole lazy regiment that was wont to infest the village tavern, comprehending three or four individuals who had drunk flip beside the bar-room fire through all the winters, and smoked their pipes beneath the stoop through all the summers, since Ethan Brand's departure. Laughing boisterously, and mingling all their voices together in unceremonious ...

— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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