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Flipping

verb
/ˈflɪpɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo throw so as to turn over.
"You need to flip the pancake onto the other side."
2.verbTo put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
"If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin."
3.verbTo win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections
"Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016."
4.verbTo turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
"The mafioso flipped on his superiors to get a lighter sentence."
5.verbTo induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
"The district attorney was able to strengthen his case against the bank robber by flipping the getaway driver."
6.verbTo go berserk or crazy.
"I'd flip if anyone broke my phone."
7.verbTo buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.
8.verbTo invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
9.nounThe practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
10.adjectiveA mild intensifier.
"Where's my flipping watch?"
11.adverbFucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
"Do you flipping think I'm stupid?"

Synonyms

tossturnturn overjumpingyeahcoinfuckingestsweetgreatdamnmotherfreakingcomplete

Rhymes With

nippinggrippingwhippingstrippingslippingclippingrippingchipping
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