flip
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
Đồng nghĩa: inversion, swap
- 3.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A fillip or light blow.
Đồng nghĩa: flick
- 4.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
I don't care a flip for what he says.
Đồng nghĩa: bit, ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)A short flight.
- 6.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A slingshot.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)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
Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.
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(countable, informal, uncountable)The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
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(uncountable)(firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
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(uncountable)A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
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 […] .
Đồng nghĩa: flannel
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To throw so as to turn over.
You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.
Đồng nghĩa: turn, turn over
- 2.
(transitive)To 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.
Đồng nghĩa: toss
- 3.
(US, transitive)(transitive, US politics) To 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.
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(US, intransitive)To 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.
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(US, transitive)To 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.
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(intransitive, slang)To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
I'd flip if anyone broke my phone.
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(intransitive, slang)To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I got a silver ring with a "B" on it for Beatles. I really flip for those excellent guys.
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(slang, transitive)(transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
Those companies have been flipping houses in the real estate market for years.
- 9.
(slang, transitive)(transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- 10.
(transitive)(transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- 11.
(informal, transitive)To hand over or pass along.
- 12.
(informal, intransitive)To switch to another task, etc.
interjection
interjection- 1.
(UK, colloquial, euphemistic)Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.
What the flip just happened?
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(UK, informal)Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.
I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.
- 2.
Sarcastic.
- 3.
(informal)Disrespectful, flippant.
Don't get flip with me or I'll knock you into next Tuesday!
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Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen, an attenuated variation of flappen (to flap, clap, slap, strike). Cognate with flappen to flap, flappen to flap.