flip
has definitions from the fields of sport,games,food
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[ verb ] lightly throw to see which side comes up, as of coins
Synonyms Examples "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)There was no time to pick_out a penny ; I got a coin between my thumb and forefinger , leaned my elbows in a very natural and casual manner on top of the truck cab and flipped my little missile . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
Synonyms Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)It is made_up of tumbling , which might be said to start with a somersault , run_through such stunts as headstands , handstands , cartwheels , backbends , and culminate in nearly impossible combinations of aerial flips and twists and apparatus work . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to go on or t be engaged; set in operation
Examples "switch on the light" "throw the lever" Used in print (Jim Harmon, "The Planet with No Nightmare," If,...)On impulse , he flipped up the heat control on his coverall and slid back the hatch of the bubble . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) hot or cold alcoholic drink containing beaten egg
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[ adjective ] marked by casual disrespect
Synonyms Examples "a flip answer to serious question" "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" Related terms |
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[ verb ] reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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[ noun ] (sport) a toe jump that takes off from the back inside edge of one skate and lands on the back outside edge of the other
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[ noun ] (sport) a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
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