Flip

Pronunciation: flĭpt

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

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

v. t.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Flipped (flĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]

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

- W. Browne.

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.

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

v. i.

To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

[imp. & p. p. Flipped (flĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]

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

1.		FLIP - An early assembly language on the G-15. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2.		FLIP - ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].
3.		FLIP - 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].

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