flip

flip is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
2. transitive verb. To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
3. noun. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

   "the pass was fumbled"

   Synonyms: pass, toss

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

   Synonyms: somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset

5. noun. a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
6. noun. the act of flipping a coin

   Synonyms: toss

7. noun. a sudden, quick movement

   "with a flip of the wrist"

   "the fish flipped over"

8. noun. hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
9. verb. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

   Synonyms: alternate, interchange, switch, tack

10. verb. go mad, go crazy

    "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"

11. verb. react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

    "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"

12. verb. turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

    "flip over the pork chop"

    "turn over the pancakes"

13. verb. move with a flick or light motion
14. verb. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

    "switch on the light"

    "throw the lever"

    Synonyms: switch, throw

15. verb. throw or toss with a light motion

    "flip me the beachball"

    "toss me newspaper"

    Synonyms: pitch, sky, toss

16. verb. lightly throw to see which side comes up

    "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"

    Synonyms: toss

17. verb. cause to move with a flick

    "he flicked his Bic"

    Synonyms: flick

18. verb. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

    Synonyms: twitch

19. verb. look through a book or other written material

    "He thumbed through the report"

    "She leafed through the volume"

    Synonyms: flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb

20. adjective. marked by casual disrespect

    "a flip answer to serious question"

    "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

    Synonyms: impudent, insolent

Synonyms

pass, toss, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset, alternate, interchange, switch, tack, throw, pitch, sky, flick, twitch, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb, impudent, insolent

Common word forms

flips, fliped, fliping, flipped, flipper, flippest, flipping

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