Meaning of Flip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino background.
   derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
2. Acronym of flexible loan insurance plan.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
   uncountable
4. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
   countable, uncountable
5. A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
   countable, uncountable
6. A fillip or light blow.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
   countable, dated, uncountable
8. A short flight.
   countable, uncountable
9. A slingshot.
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
10. A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
    countable, uncountable
11. The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
    countable, informal, uncountable
12. The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.”

“The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.”

“[…] who looked at Dean a moment, crossed over the stage to him, raised himself on his toes, dashed his own hat firmly down to his ears, and every one on the stage supposed Dean was about to receive a flip on the ear or nose.”

“I don't care a flip for what he says.”

“"While that was going on, we were getting organized. There were some fifty or sixty of us to begin with. I took flips in the helicopter, and when I saw signs of a group anywhere, I'd go down and issue a general invitation to come along."”

“He loaded his flip and took careful aim at what he considered to be Emily's most vulnerable spot […]”

“Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.”

“What they bring to the table is hard-won brass-tacks knowledge from over fifteen years of personal investing as well as riding shotgun on over 1,000 flips with their clients.”

“In the case of rifles flip is counteracted by the sighting of the weapons, and it is because of flip that the sights cannot be set so that the line of sight is exactly parallel to the axis of the bore.”

“A small, lightweight round, such as a .22 LR, generates very manageable recoil and muzzle flip (how much the nose of the gun flips up when you fire it).”

“[H]e had provided vast quantities of strong beer, flip, rumbo, and burnt brandy, with plenty of Barbadoes water for the ladies […].”

“I frequently took of large potations, though not of champagne certainly, but port, strong ales, and punch, and when our funds were low as sometimes happened, hot flip […] .”

“Adding a whole egg to alcoholic drinks goes back centuries, and at one point it was common to plunge a hot poker into your beverage (then commonly made with beer) that caused it to froth around or "flip". These days, most flips are served cold and often with a fortified wine, like sherry or port, and they are delightful as the egg adds wonderful body and texture to the drink.”

“One of the children beckoned to me to try it and I started forward, but before I could move Ryland grabbed my coat. "They're fucking Flips, kid. The only way to play is to be better than they are. Go all the way to the top."”

“Later, the lieutenant came up to me. “Those dumb Flips finally got the message, right? […]”

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