Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
- 2transitive verb
To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
- 3noun
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled"
- 4noun
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- 5noun
a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- 6noun
the act of flipping a coin
Synonyms
- 7noun
a sudden, quick movement
"with a flip of the wrist"
"the fish flipped over"
- 8noun
hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- 9verb
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonyms
- 10verb
go mad, go crazy
"He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
- 11verb
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
"he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"
- 12verb
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
"flip over the pork chop"
"turn over the pancakes"
- 13verb
move with a flick or light motion
- 14verb
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
"switch on the light"
"throw the lever"
- 15verb
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"
"toss me newspaper"
- 16verb
lightly throw to See which side comes up
"I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
Synonyms
- 17verb
cause to move with a flick
"he flicked his Bic"
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- 18verb
toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Synonyms
- 19verb
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"
"She leafed through the volume"
- 20adjective
marked by casual disrespect
"a flip answer to serious question"
"the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
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